Baltimore Maryland-1961: On A Beach With A View Of The Pier And An Arm Trying To

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Baltimore Maryland

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On A Beach With A View Of The Pier And An Arm Trying To — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene from Baltimore, Maryland. A person with curly hair and a light-colored top stands in the foreground, gazing out at a long pier extending into the blue water under a clear sky. The camera pans across the shoreline, showing gentle waves lapping the sand and the distant horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color tones, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a summer day by the sea.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127475481

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 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: Baltimore, Maryland, 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

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: 1960s 8mm home-movie beach footage useful for documentary inserts about mid-century leisure, waterfront visits, or personal travel memories.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s amateur filming style, with a distant pier, open shoreline, and casual beachgoing implied by a visible arm near the lens.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal visitor perspective, including a briefly intruding arm and handheld framing that suggest an unstaged family or travel moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, sandy beach, shoreline ripples, a distant pier, horizon line, clear sky, film borders, and a partial arm near the camera.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight gate edges, and handheld movement that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, shoreline transition, waterfront establishing insert, or memory beat between family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene provides social context for recreational waterfront visits, showing a modest beach view and pier without identifiable signage or named landmarks in frame.
Research note: People are only partially visible, but likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Baltimore beach 8mm footage, vintage Maryland waterfront home movie, pier shoreline cutaway, and 1960s beach travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach or family scenes, then other Baltimore or 1961 Maryland waterfront clips, then broader pier and shoreline leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Baltimore-area 8mm beach view with a distant pier, blue water, and a partial arm entering the foreground. — A partial arm intrudes in a handheld view across the water toward a distant pier.

1961 Baltimore 8mm shoreline view with rippling water, sand in the foreground, and a pier in the distance. — The camera looks over the beach and water toward a long pier on the horizon.

Bright 1961 8mm beach frame showing pale sand, shallow water, and a hazy shoreline horizon. — A bright handheld frame catches sand and the shallow waterline near the beach.

1961 Baltimore beach view with textured sand, gentle water, and a distant pier along the right horizon. — Sand fills the foreground while calm water and the distant pier sit beyond it.

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