California USA-1963: Ocean Waves Breaking on Shore at Twilight

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

Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Ocean Waves Breaking on Shore at Twilight — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene from a low vantage point. The camera pans slowly across the ocean, revealing gentle waves breaking on the shore with white foam. Dark rocks are scattered along the waterline under a soft purple twilight sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a dark foreground suggesting the view is framed through a window or doorway. This authentic archival clip evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment from mid-century California.

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: 124934799

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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: 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 requests needing 1960s California coastal home-movie atmosphere as an editorial insert, transition, or quiet natural-history cutaway.
Period detail: The visible period evidence is mainly the 8mm home-movie format, color rendition, and simple handheld beach view, with no buildings, clothing, vehicles, or landmarks to date the scene visually.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of waves and rocks at dusk, likely recorded for personal memory rather than formal scenic coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, white foam bands, dark shoreline rocks, wet sand or beach foreground, a purple-blue sky, and dark frame edges from the scanned film.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, saturated purple-blue color, uneven exposure at the dark foreground, and slight handheld framing that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a reflective coastal insert, a memory beat, a time-passing transition, or a calm visual bridge between California travel or family-footage scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows a mid-century home-movie approach to documenting the California coast, emphasizing landscape and mood rather than identifiable people or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and confirm location claims before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm California beach footage, vintage ocean waves at dusk, home-movie surf and rocks, and archival coastal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 California coastal footage, then broader vintage beach, surf, dusk, and ocean-wave material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 California 8mm frame showing surf, white foam, dark rocks, and a dim beach foreground at dusk. — Waves break around dark shoreline rocks beneath a muted dusk sky.

1963 California 8mm frame with ocean foam rolling toward scattered rocks and a shadowed beach foreground. — Foamy surf lines move across a low, dark shoreline view.

1963 California 8mm frame showing a wider band of surf, dark shoreline rocks, and soft twilight color. — A low home-movie view holds on waves, foam, and rocks near shore.

1963 California 8mm frame with foamy ocean waves, low rocks, and a dark foreground at the end of the pan. — The pan settles on foamy surf and low rocks in fading coastal light.

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