San Francisco California-1963: Coastal Waves Crashing On Rocks At Dusk

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

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Coastal Waves Crashing On Rocks At Dusk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a moody, blue-tinted coastal scene at dusk or dawn. Waves crash against dark rocks along a sandy shoreline under a deep purple sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight flicker, and the characteristic frame borders of an 8mm home movie. The atmosphere is quiet and contemplative, evoking a sense of nostalgia and solitude. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of a Pacific coastline, possibly near San Francisco, California, during the early 1960s.

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: 124935472

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1960s 8mm coastal atmosphere, Pacific shoreline cutaways, or moody natural transition material for documentary and museum edits.
Period detail: The frames show no dated objects or landmarks, so the 1963 San Francisco context rests on the supplied clip metadata rather than visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a quiet visitor-shot perspective, observing surf and rocks from a fixed shoreline vantage without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark coastal rocks, breaking waves, a sandy shoreline, blue dusk or dawn light, ocean horizon bands, film borders, and dust marks.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm frame borders, blue color cast, grain, specks, slight exposure softness, and contact-sheet duplication that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal insert, reflective transition, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway between stronger location or character scenes.
Historical context: The clip may show the Pacific coastline near San Francisco in the early 1960s, but the frames mainly document surf, rocks, and low-light shoreline conditions.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific use requirements.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1963 8mm San Francisco coast, vintage home movie ocean waves, blue dusk shoreline, Pacific rocks surf, and archival beach cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other material from the same reel, then with 1963 San Francisco or Bay Area coastal footage, then with broader vintage shoreline and surf scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm San Francisco-area coastal view showing blue surf, dark rocks, and a sandy shoreline in low light. — Waves break around dark shoreline rocks under blue dusk or dawn light.

Blue-toned 8mm coastal frame with surf bands, dark rocks, and soft horizon detail near San Francisco per clip metadata. — A low-light coastal view holds on surf rolling behind dark rocks.

1963 8mm shoreline scene with white surf, dark rock silhouettes, and a blue-tinted sandy beach. — White surf crosses the lower frame near dark rocks on the beach.

Blue low-light coastal frame from 1963 8mm footage, showing waves nearing sand and dark rocks at the frame edge. — Small waves approach the sandy shoreline beside dark coastal rocks.

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