California USA-1963: Ocean Waves Washing Over Two Rocks And Breaking Near The Shore

$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

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

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Ocean Waves Washing Over Two Rocks And Breaking Near The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures ocean waves washing over two dark rocks near the shore. The scene unfolds on a sandy beach under a deep blue twilight sky, with the waves breaking rhythmically against the rocks and receding across the wet sand. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, a cool blue color cast, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, contemplative mood. The frame is bordered by black, suggesting it was viewed through a projector or film viewer.

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: 124934864

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s California 8mm beach footage suited for documentary inserts, coastal memory sequences, environmental context, or quiet archive transitions.
Period detail: The frames show only surf, wet sand, dark rocks, and the contact-print border, so the 1963 era is supported by metadata rather than visible clothing, vehicles, or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie gaze, holding on a simple shoreline moment as waves break and recede across the sand.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue twilight sky, white surf lines, two dark offshore rocks, wet beach sand, soft focus, film grain, and black frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has cool blue color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure falloff, and contact-sheet borders that preserve the physical-film viewing texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal cutaway, reflective transition, memory beat, or brief natural-sound visual bridge in a California or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: As a non-urban beach view, the clip offers visual context for mid-century amateur filming of California coast scenery without identifying a specific beach or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any production-specific location concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s California beach 8mm, vintage home movie ocean waves, surf breaking over rocks, and archival shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach material, then other 1963 California coastal clips, then broader vintage ocean, surf, and shoreline atmosphere footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 California 8mm frame showing white ocean waves breaking near dark rocks under a deep blue sky. — Waves break beyond wet sand near dark shoreline rocks.

Blue-cast 8mm view of California surf rolling around two dark rocks near the sandy shore. — Surf rolls around two dark rocks near the beach.

1963 California home-movie frame with low white surf crossing the shore and dark rocks in the water. — A low line of surf crosses the beach near offshore rocks.

Blue-toned 8mm frame of a breaking California wave throwing white foam beside dark rocks near shore. — A wave breaks into white foam beside dark rocks near shore.

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