California-1959: Young Man with Inner Tube on California Beach

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Young Man with Inner Tube on California Beach — Clip Details

A young man in white swim trunks walks along a sunny California beach in 1959, carrying a black inner tube. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him strolling past a public pool sign and vintage cars, with palm trees and the ocean in the background. He briefly smokes a cigarette before heading toward the waves. The clip features natural film grain, slight motion blur, and faded colors typical of home movie footage from the late 1950s.

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: 125507698

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: Yes
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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1959 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: 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 documentary or editorial requests needing late-1950s California beach leisure, public swimming culture, and informal home-movie vacation atmosphere.
Period detail: The public pool sign, mid-century cars, white swim trunks, black inner tube, and palm-lined beachfront support a late-1950s California setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man walks casually with an inner tube, briefly smoking and turning toward the beach, giving the scene an unstaged vacation-home-movie feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless man, white swim trunks, black inner tube, public pool sign, parked vintage cars, palm trees, sand, and ocean surf.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and exposure shifts typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a beach-life insert, a transition into seaside recreation, or a brief memory beat within a 1950s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows informal beach recreation near a public pool and roadway, with visible cars and coastal setting suggesting everyday vacation or local leisure.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and visible signage require likeness and location or trademark review separate from copyright status and clip licensing.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s California beach home movie, man with inner tube 8mm, public pool beach footage, or vintage seaside swimming may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel beach or pool scenes, then California 1959 coastal footage, then broader 1950s swimming, vacation, or seaside recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 California home-movie footage, a shirtless man carries a black inner tube past a public pool sign and parked cars. — Man carrying an inner tube near a public pool entrance and parked cars.

A shirtless man in white swim trunks holds a cigarette and black inner tube on a California beach, with roadway and palms behind him. — Man pauses with cigarette and inner tube near the beachfront road.

A man in white swim trunks carries a black inner tube along a sunlit California beach, with surf and beachgoers in the background. — Man walking along the beach with surf and distant beachgoers behind him.

The man walks away toward the ocean with a black inner tube, framed by pale sand, blue water, and the horizon line. — Man heading toward the shoreline with a black inner tube.

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