Washington USA-1963: Turbulent Ocean Waves Crashing on Rocky Shore

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Turbulent Ocean Waves Crashing on Rocky Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures turbulent ocean waves crashing against a rocky shoreline. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows churning water under a deep purple-blue tint, likely due to film stock or lighting conditions. A concrete or stone barrier runs along the edge of the water, emphasizing the raw power of the sea. The scene conveys a sense of nature's force and the isolation of a coastal environment, with visible film grain and slight camera shake adding to its authentic, archival quality.

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: 124935925

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 1708 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 6.5 to dc with my father
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: hawaii,arizona,washington dc
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: Washington, 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 Washington coastal home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about storm surf, shoreline weather, or Pacific Northwest seascapes.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century seawall or shoreline barrier, with no visible landmarks or people to confirm a more specific place beyond the supplied Washington metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal handheld observation of waves from close to shore, suggesting a visitor or amateur filmer watching rough water rather than staging a scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include churning surf, a dark rocky shoreline, a concrete or stone edge, spray, water texture, heavy shadows, and the black film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries pronounced grain, purple-blue color shift, dark exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, atmospheric transition, storm-weather insert, or memory beat between travel, coastal, or nature sequences.
Historical context: As visual context, the clip records an amateur 1963 view of a Washington shoreline under rough surf conditions without identifiable people, boats, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any shoreline property or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1963 Washington 8mm ocean waves, vintage home movie rocky shore, Pacific Northwest storm surf, and rough sea shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1963 coastal footage, then broader 1960s home-movie scenes of storms, surf, and rocky shores.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Washington 8mm frame showing churning ocean water near a shoreline barrier, tinted purple-blue with heavy shadow at the top. — Rough surf rolls beside a shoreline edge in a dark, blue-purple 8mm frame.

1963 Washington coastal frame with rough ocean water, a sloping concrete or stone edge, and dark rocky shoreline in the background. — Foamy water pushes toward a slanted shoreline barrier below a dark rocky bank.

1963 Washington 8mm frame showing spray and rough surf against a shoreline edge, with strong grain and a blue-purple cast. — Spray streaks across the frame as surf churns beside the shore edge.

1963 Washington shoreline frame with rough water in the foreground, a slanted barrier, and a shadowed rocky coast behind it. — Rough water runs below a dark rocky shore and slanted shoreline edge.

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