Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: Man and Woman Stand on Beach with Ocean Behind

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationCape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Cape Cod Massachusetts

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Man and Woman Stand on Beach with Ocean Behind — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1956 captures a man and woman enjoying a sunny day at the beach. The man wears a white shirt and cap, while the woman, in a sleeveless top and sunglasses, holds a small object and adjusts her hair. They stand on the sand with the blue ocean behind them, surrounded by other beachgoers. The footage shows natural movement and the characteristic grain of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American summer vacation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125304073

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1039 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jones beach,hyde park,cape cod
Reel-level year note: 1956
Reel-level location note: hyde park, cape cod
Date: 1956 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: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 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 1950s Cape Cod vacation, beach leisure, and mid-century American home-movie requests needing recognizable adults by the ocean.
Period detail: Visible clues include 1950s casual beachwear, dark sunglasses, a white cap, and a handheld 8mm look, with Cape Cod and 1956 supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal interaction as the woman adjusts her hair and the man turns toward her while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: The frames show two adults, sunglasses, a white cap, sandy beach, blue ocean, distant beachgoers, a small hand-held item, and soft surf.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, bright beach exposure, slight blur, muted color, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a beach-vacation insert, family-memory beat, summer transition, or cutaway within a 1950s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects ordinary seaside recreation and adult vacation behavior rather than a staged public event or identifiable landmark scene.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted-person clearance.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1956 Cape Cod beach home movie, 1950s adults on beach, vintage 8mm seaside vacation, and mid-century sunglasses beach scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1956 Cape Cod beach footage, then broader 1950s summer vacation and seaside leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cape Cod home-movie frame showing a man in a white cap beside a woman in sunglasses on a bright beach. — Two adults face the camera on the beach with surf and distant beachgoers behind them.

1956 Cape Cod beach frame with a man in white and a sunglassed woman adjusting her hair near the ocean. — The woman adjusts her hair while holding a small object, with the man turned toward her.

1956 Cape Cod home-movie frame showing the man from behind and the woman facing camera near the shoreline. — The man turns away from the camera while the woman remains partly facing forward on the sand.

1956 Cape Cod beach frame with the woman partly cropped in front of open sand, distant figures, and blue water. — The camera drifts to a wider view of the beach as the woman remains partly in frame.

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