California-1959: People Swimming At Beach In Hazy Summer Day

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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People Swimming At Beach In Hazy Summer Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, sun-drenched day at a California beach. Blurry figures of people swim and wade in the ocean waves under an overcast sky, their forms softened by the film's grain and age. The footage shows natural wear, including scratches and dust, characteristic of archival Super 8 home movies. The scene evokes a nostalgic, carefree summer holiday atmosphere, with the ocean stretching to the horizon in muted tones.

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: 125507831

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California beach-life requests needing brief editorial inserts of swimmers in surf from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century leisure through small groups wading and swimming in modest ocean surf, with no visible landmarks or fashion details clear enough for tighter dating.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the distant, unstaged observation of beachgoers moving through waves, filmed from shore rather than arranged for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hazy horizon, pale surf bands, distant swimmers, small groups in the water, dark film-frame borders, dust, scratches, and soft focus.
Film character: The 8mm image has muted color, heavy softness, visible grain, gate edges, dust, scratches, and slight exposure haze that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, seasonal transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert for postwar American beach recreation.
Historical context: The footage gives a quiet view of public seaside leisure in California, but the frames do not identify a specific beach, community, or event.
Research note: People are visible but distant and not identifiable; copyright, likeness, and location permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 California beach home movie, 1950s swimmers in ocean, hazy surf 8mm footage, and vintage summer beach cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach material, then other 1959 California coastal footage, then broader 1950s summer, swimming, and ocean recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 California 8mm frame showing distant beachgoers wading in pale, hazy surf under an indistinct sky. — Distant swimmers wade through low surf on a hazy beach day.

Soft 1959 California beach frame with small, distant swimmers scattered across low waves and muted ocean tones. — Small figures are scattered in the water beyond a low line of surf.

Grainy 8mm view of a California beach scene with one distant wader in front of small groups in the ocean. — A lone wader stands nearer the camera as other swimmers gather farther out.

1959 California 8mm frame with multiple distant beachgoers in hazy ocean water, framed by visible film borders. — Several beachgoers remain spread across the soft, muted surf.

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