San Francisco California-1963: Beach at Dusk with Waves and Rock Formations

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 San Francisco California

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Beach at Dusk with Waves and Rock Formations — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a moody, blue-tinted view of a San Francisco beach at dusk or dawn. The grainy footage shows gentle waves rolling onto the sandy shore, with dark rock formations silhouetted against the twilight sky. The scene is framed by the black borders of the film strip, emphasizing its authentic 8mm home movie quality. The cool, monochromatic blue palette creates a nostalgic and contemplative atmosphere, evoking classic mid-century California coastal life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124935459

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: San Francisco, 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 San Francisco coastal home-movie footage suited for documentary cutaways, environmental transitions, or period California shoreline atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames show a blue-tinted 8mm view of surf, sand, and offshore rocks, with the 1963 San Francisco setting supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a quiet visitor-shot perspective, holding on the shoreline and rocks without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wet sand, low ocean surf, dark rock formations, a cloudy horizon, blue twilight exposure, film borders, and dust specks.
Film character: The footage carries strong 8mm texture through grain, blue color cast, soft focus, uneven exposure, and visible contact-sheet frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a coastal establishing insert, contemplative transition, memory beat, or natural cutaway within a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century amateur travel filming of the California coast, showing the shoreline as observed rather than a named landmark or event.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed for the intended production.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1963 San Francisco beach 8mm footage, California surf rocks home movie, blue dusk ocean shoreline, and vintage coastal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco or California coast footage, then broader ocean surf and rocky beach themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a blue coastal view with wet sand, low waves, and silhouetted rock formations. — Blue shoreline with surf and dark rocks under a clouded sky.

1963 San Francisco coastal frame with blue-tinted surf, sandy beach, and dark rock shapes along the waterline. — Waves roll toward a sandy beach beside silhouetted rocks.

1963 San Francisco 8mm view of a large dark coastal rock, low surf, wet sand, and a muted blue sky. — Large rock formation stands beside low surf on the beach.

1963 San Francisco beach footage showing blue-toned surf washing across sand with dark rocks silhouetted offshore. — Blue surf washes across sand with dark offshore rocks beyond.

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