California-1959: Three Women Wading into Ocean with Inner Tube

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Three Women Wading into Ocean with Inner Tube — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures three women in classic swimsuits and swim caps walking toward the ocean at a California beach. They carry a blue inner tube as they wade into the water, with other swimmers visible in the distance. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows natural sun-drenched colors and authentic film grain, with a brief view of a residential building and flowering plants nearby. This nostalgic clip offers authentic 1950s beach vacation footage for documentaries, editorial projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 125507722

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for late-1950s California beach and vacation home-movie footage for documentary, editorial, museum, or period lifestyle sequences.
Period detail: The swim caps, one-piece swimsuits, blue inner tube, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century beach recreation consistent with the supplied 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged view of three women entering the surf, followed by a brief handheld glimpse back toward nearby vacation housing and plants.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three women in swim caps, ocean surf, a blue inner tube, distant swimmers, bright beach light, pale building walls, awnings, shrubs, and flowering plants.
Film character: The scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, gate edges, and contact-print artifacts that preserve the physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, beach insert, vacation transition, or cutaway linking seaside recreation with nearby lodging.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for leisure travel and beachgoing in a mid-century California setting without identifying the individuals or exact beach.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, while copyright and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s California beach home movie, women swimming with inner tube, vintage 8mm seaside vacation, and mid-century surf recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel beach or lodging shots, then other California 1959 material, then broader 1950s vacation, swimming, and seaside family footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 California beach home-movie frame, three women in swim caps wade into shallow surf while holding a blue inner tube. — Three women move into the ocean with an inner tube as small waves break around them.

The beach action continues in a soft 8mm frame, with swimmers near the waterline partly hidden by bright circular contact-sheet artifacts. — Swimmers remain near the surf, though circular film or scan artifacts obscure much of the view.

A brief 1959 California home-movie view shows a pale residential-style building exterior with an awning, window bars, shrubs, and lawn. — The camera cuts from the beach to nearby building exteriors and landscaping.

A handheld 1959 California frame looks across landscaped grounds between pale buildings, with flowers, awnings, shrubs, and a patch of lawn. — Flowering plants and low buildings suggest the beach scene was filmed near lodging or residences.

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