Florida-1958: Palm Trees and Beach Houses in Florida

$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.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Florida

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Palm Trees and Beach Houses in Florida — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene Florida beach scene. Palm trees sway gently in the breeze along a sandy shoreline, with low-rise beach houses and resort buildings visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and a faded color palette typical of mid-century home movies. A person lies on the sand in one frame, adding a human element to the tranquil coastal atmosphere. The overall mood is nostalgic and peaceful, evoking a bygone era of American beachside leisure.

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: 125506229

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1267 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1958 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: Florida, 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 1950s Florida coastal home-movie footage of beach houses, palms, and resort-like shoreline architecture for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The low-rise stucco-like buildings, open sandy beachfront, and tall palms may show mid-century Florida beach development as seen by an 8mm home-movie camera.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, with a distant beachgoer lying on the sand and the camera observing buildings and palms from the shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale sand, palm trees, low-rise beach houses or resort buildings, exterior stairways, hedges, and one distant person on the beach.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, gate edges, dust, scratches, and slight handheld drift give the 8mm scan a clear physical-film home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short coastal establishing insert, nostalgic transition, vacation-memory beat, or cutaway within a Florida or mid-century leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates beachside leisure around modest low-rise buildings and open shoreline space without identifying a specific town, resort, or landmark.
Research note: Review likeness considerations for the distant person and confirm any property or location concerns separately from copyright status; no logos are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Florida beach home movie, 1950s palm trees and beach houses, vintage 8mm coastal resort exterior, and mid-century shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Florida 1958 coastal exteriors, then broader 1950s beach, palm, resort, and vacation home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida beach view with palms, pale sand, low-rise buildings, and one distant beachgoer lying near the lower center. — Palm-lined beach with low buildings beyond the sand and a distant person reclining near the foreground.

1958 Florida shoreline building framed by palm trees, pale sand, and a visible exterior stairway in soft 8mm focus. — Beachfront low-rise building with palms and an exterior stairway seen across open sand.

1958 Florida beach houses or resort buildings behind tall palms, hedges, and a washed sandy foreground on 8mm film. — Palm trees and low beach buildings seen from the sand in a soft, faded home-movie frame.

1958 Florida coastal exterior with low buildings, palm trunks, hedges, and open sand captured from a visitor's beach viewpoint. — Open sandy beach facing low buildings and palms near the shoreline.

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