Venice Italy-1962: Man Cleaning A Beach

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationVenice, Italy
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Venice Italy

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Man Cleaning A Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a man sweeping a quiet beach in Venice, Italy. He wears a dark sweater and light pants, methodically cleaning the sand with a broom. Rows of striped beach huts with yellow and blue poles line the shore under a hazy sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic imperfections of Super 8 home movie footage. The scene evokes a calm, nostalgic atmosphere of mid-century coastal life, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124811104

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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 1712 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: vatican visit to pope,lg fountain
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: rome,italy
Date: 1962 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: Venice, Italy 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: Supports requests for 1960s Italian seaside labor, beach maintenance, or quiet coastal home-movie cutaways for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail: The striped beach structures, simple work clothing, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century organized beach area in Venice, Italy.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged everyday action, with a man methodically sweeping sand while the camera observes from a fixed amateur vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a broom, pale sand, rows of striped beach huts or poles, a hazy shoreline, distant water, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, exposure variation, color fading, dust, scratches, and contact-sheet framing give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for beach upkeep, off-season resort life, or everyday Venice travel footage.
Historical context: The scene offers social context around managed public or resort beach space and routine maintenance without supporting claims about a named site or event.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and location-use questions should be reviewed separately before commercial or sensitive use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 Venice Italy beach cleaning, 8mm Italian seaside home movie, man sweeping sand, and vintage beach huts footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Venice footage, then other 1962 Italy coastal scenes, then broader 1960s beach labor or seaside travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Venice, Italy 8mm frame showing a distant man sweeping a quiet beach near striped beach huts or poles. — A man sweeps the sand beside rows of striped beach structures on a hazy shoreline.

Distant beach worker or visitor sweeps sand on a Venice beach in 1962, with striped structures receding along the shore. — The man continues sweeping near the long row of striped beach structures.

1962 home-movie frame of a man sweeping a quiet Venice beach, with striped huts or poles lining the right side. — A man bends toward the sand while working with a broom on the open beach.

Faded 8mm frame from Venice, Italy in 1962 showing a man sweeping sand beside rows of striped beach structures. — The final frame is brighter and faded, with the man still sweeping beside the beach structures.

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