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Florida-1945: Black And White Video Of A Beach With The Waves Crashing Against Wooden Posts

  • Year1945
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationFlorida, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
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Black And White Video Of A Beach With The Waves Crashing... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1945, this vintage home movie captures a quiet beach scene in Florida under a bright, overcast sky. The grainy black-and-white footage shows gentle waves rolling onto the shore, with weathered wooden posts standing upright in the sand. The camera remains fixed, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a calm shoreline with no people or animals in sight. The film exhibits natural wear, including scratches and dust, enhancing its authentic archival quality. This classic 1940s beach footage evokes a sense of timelessness and quiet reflection, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
No peopleBlack & white
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127465025

Rights & Clearance

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

  • People 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 1044 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label
200p, blue hole
Reel-level year note
1945
Reel-level location note
florida
Date
1945 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Florida, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • wooden sticks standing straight up
  • tide coming in and out
  • bright day
  • no color in video
  • no animals on the beach
  • no sand castles on beach
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  • beach
  • waves
  • crashing
  • shoreline
  • sticks
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  • nature
  • florida washington DC
  • 1945
  • 1945 beach footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Florida 1945
  • black and white home movie
  • wooden posts on beach
  • waves crashing
  • archival footage
  • 1940s beach
  • classic home movie
  • historic film
  • documentary footage
  • editorial use
  • nostalgic clip
  • old film
  • grainy 8mm
  • shoreline waves
  • no people
  • vintage footage
  • retro film
  • seaside memory
  • 8mm home movie
  • 1940s Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1940s Florida beach footage suited to documentary cutaways, coastal history edits, and quiet archival transitions.

Still Frames From This Clip

1945 Florida home-movie frame showing pale beach, rolling surf, and weathered wooden posts near the shoreline.
Wooden posts stand near the surf on a bright, empty beach.

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