California-1959: People Relaxing on Beach with Green Mattress

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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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People Relaxing on Beach with Green Mattress — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched beach scene in California. Several people relax on the sand, with women in classic swimsuits and a man applying sunscreen. A green inflatable mattress lies on the sand, and palm trees sway near a white building in the background. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the authentic look of a 1950s family vacation, evoking a nostalgic, carefree summer mood.

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: 125507814

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: Useful for 1950s California leisure, family vacation, beach culture, and summer recreation sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The swimsuits, inflatable beach mattress, pale mid-century building, cars, and palm-lined setting may show late-1950s coastal California resort or beachside recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as people lounge, talk, sunbathe, and handle sunscreen while the camera observes a casual vacation moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults on sand, dark one-piece swimsuits, a green inflatable mattress, towels, palm trees, a white multi-story building, and parked cars.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, faded exposure, gate edges, and slight motion blur give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, beach cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century California vacation life.
Historical context: The footage reflects informal postwar leisure habits and beachgoing style without making claims about a specific beach, hotel, or named event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1959 California beach home movie, 1950s swimsuit beach footage, 8mm vacation sunscreen scene, and inflatable mattress on sand.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1959 beach scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie vacation and seaside leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 California beach home-movie frame showing adults in swimsuits lounging on sand beside a green inflatable mattress near palms and a white building. — Adults relax on the beach beside an inflatable mattress, with palms and a white building in the background.

1959 California beach scene with adults seated and reclining on sand near a green inflatable mattress, palm trees, and a white building. — Beachgoers sit and lie on the sand near a green inflatable mattress in a sunlit coastal setting.

Soft 8mm frame of 1959 California beachgoers relaxing near a green inflatable mattress, with palm trees and a white building behind them. — A small group lounges on the sand while the inflatable mattress sits nearby.

1959 California beach home-movie frame showing a man kneeling near a green inflatable mattress, with towels or small items on the sand. — A man kneels beside the inflatable mattress as beach belongings rest on the sand nearby.

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