Santa Cruz California-1937: Woman And Dog Play In Sea Foam As Tide Travels

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSanta Cruz, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 California

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Woman And Dog Play In Sea Foam As Tide Travels — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic coastal scene at Santa Cruz, California. The footage opens on a large sea arch formation rising from the ocean, with waves crashing against its base and foam rolling onto the shore. The grainy black-and-white image shows the natural power of the tide. In the final frame, a woman in period attire walks along the beach carrying a basket, with the iconic rock arch visible behind her. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics including soft focus, film grain, and natural lighting. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of early 20th-century coastal life and natural beauty.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127258218

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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm coastal home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for Santa Cruz beach scenery, surf, sea foam, and casual shoreline life.
Period detail: The final frame may show late-1930s beach attire, including a long coat or robe, light shoes, and a carried basket, with a natural rock arch in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, moving from repeated views of surf striking the rock arch to an unstaged woman and dog on the beach.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky sea arch, breaking waves, white sea foam, wet sand, shoreline horizon, a woman carrying a basket, and a small dog near her feet.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief coastal insert, transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway from Santa Cruz scenery to human activity on the sand.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure beachgoing beside a dramatic Pacific shoreline, but it does not by itself identify a specific event or named landmark.
Research note: A woman and dog are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from film copyright status; no brands or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s Santa Cruz 8mm beach footage, California sea arch home movie, woman dog sea foam, and vintage Pacific coast shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 Santa Cruz or California coast clips, then broader beach, tide, surf, and home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Santa Cruz coastal view of a large rock arch as waves and sea foam move across the sandy shore. — Surf and foam move around a large coastal rock arch.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of the Santa Cruz sea arch with surf breaking and foam spreading toward shore. — Waves break beside the shoreline rock arch.

1937 Santa Cruz beach footage showing a sea arch, nearby rock stack, and white foam traveling across wet sand. — Foam rolls across the beach below the rock arch.

Woman in period beach attire carries a basket while a small dog stands nearby, with the Santa Cruz rock arch behind them. — A woman and small dog pause on the beach near the sea arch.

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