San Diego County California-1968: Man Walks Along Pool Edge

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 San Diego California

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Man Walks Along Pool Edge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a man walking along the edge of a man-made pool in San Diego County, California. The footage shows a large, circular pool with a diving board and a life preserver ring on the wall. A few people are visible in the background, and the scene has a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality with faded colors and natural film grain. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century leisure activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124630556

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1333 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1968 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: San Diego, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s San Diego County leisure, recreation, or poolside cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s outdoor pool design, including a circular man-made pool, diving board, wall-mounted life preserver, and casual warm-weather clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie view of people moving around a public or recreational pool area from a static spectator position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large circular pool, pool edge railings, diving board area, life preserver ring on a wall, sunlit concrete, and several distant people.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and uneven exposure that give the brief scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transitional memory beat, or establishing insert for mid-century recreation and poolside leisure.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for everyday recreational space in Southern California without identifying the pool, people, or exact facility.
Research note: People and a visible life preserver marking or sign may require likeness, location, trademark, or property review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 8mm San Diego pool footage, 1960s California recreation home movie, man walking by pool, and vintage leisure cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 San Diego County footage, then broader 1960s pool and leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame showing a faded, overexposed outdoor pool area with pale structures and dark poolside shadows. — A washed-out opening view of the pool area and surrounding structures.

Faded 1968 San Diego County poolside frame with building walls, sunlit pavement, and a shadowed area near the edge of the scene. — A static poolside view with bright exposure and muted detail.

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame showing a circular pool, railings, diving board area, wall-mounted life preserver, and distant pool visitors. — The circular pool and surrounding railings come into clearer view with people in the background.

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame with a man at the pool edge, a circular pool, railings, life preserver, and nearby visitors. — A man stands or walks near the pool edge while other people remain in the pool area.

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