California-1959: Man And Woman At Beach On Sand Near Public Pool

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man And Woman At Beach On Sand Near Public Pool — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a sunny day at a California beach. A woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit sits on a towel while a man lies on his stomach nearby, both relaxing on the sand. A blue inflatable mattress and a striped bag are visible on the beach. In the background, a sign reads 'PUBLIC POOL'. The scene shifts to distant figures wading in the surf, with the ocean stretching to the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American beach outing.

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: 125507803

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archival requests for late-1950s California beach recreation, useful for documentary inserts about leisure, coastal travel, or family home-movie culture.
Period detail: The swimsuits, beach towels, inflatable mattress, striped bag, and visible public pool sign may show mid-century beachgoing details consistent with the 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged beach rest and distant surf watching, with people relaxing rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, a reclining man, towels, a blue inflatable mattress, a striped beach bag, a public pool sign, pale surf, and small figures in the water.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, handheld framing, and exposure changes that give the beach scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, coastal cutaway, or transition from people on the sand to distant swimmers in the surf.
Historical context: The footage visually documents informal beach leisure and public seaside recreation without establishing a specific beach or institution beyond the California metadata.
Research note: People and a readable public pool sign are visible, so users should review likeness, signage, and location context separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 California beach home movie, 8mm beachgoers on sand, mid-century public pool sign, and vintage surf cutaway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1959 California beach or pool material, then broader mid-century coastal recreation and family vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 California beach home-movie frame showing a woman seated on a towel and a man lying nearby, with a public pool sign in the background. — Beachgoers relax on the sand near towels, an inflatable mattress, and a visible public pool sign.

Soft 8mm view of distant people wading in the California surf, with the ocean horizon filling most of the frame. — The scene shifts from the beach blanket area to small figures in the surf.

Distant California shoreline view with a few small figures in the water, rendered with faded color and soft 8mm texture. — Small figures appear in the shallow surf with the horizon line beyond them.

Faded 8mm frame of distant people near the California surf, with minimal shoreline detail and a broad pale ocean background. — Two small figures remain visible near the surf as the beach view softens into distance.

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