Los Angeles California-1961: Two Men Lounging by Pool on Hot Summer Day

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Two Men Lounging by Pool on Hot Summer Day — Clip Details

Two men relax on lounge chairs by a poolside in this vintage 8mm film clip from Los Angeles, California, 1961. One man wears a white polo shirt and dark swim trunks, while the other is shirtless, both sunbathing on cushioned loungers. The scene captures a warm summer day with a stone wall backdrop and other guests visible on an upper deck. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, candid atmosphere typical of mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127558998

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

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: Los Angeles, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles leisure, poolside resort, retirement, summer vacation, or candid home-movie lifestyle sequences.
Period detail: The cushioned metal loungers, swim trunks, stone wall, upper deck seating, and warm 8mm color suggest an early-1960s poolside setting.
Home-movie behavior: Two older men sit casually on pool loungers, appearing relaxed and aware of the camera in an unstaged home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, orange-brown lounge cushions, towels, sandals, a stone wall, deck railing, and seated guests above.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, warm color drift, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, summer memory beat, or transitional insert for mid-century California leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual adult poolside recreation in a shared outdoor setting, without enough visual evidence to identify the venue.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Los Angeles 8mm poolside footage, vintage men sunbathing, mid-century summer leisure, and home movie resort loungers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1961 material, then broader 1960s poolside and vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two older men relax on cushioned poolside loungers in Los Angeles, 1961, with towels and sandals nearby. — Two men lounge beside the pool in a candid home-movie frame.

Poolside home-movie frame of two men on loungers in Los Angeles, 1961, with other guests visible on an upper deck. — The camera holds on the men as seated guests appear above the stone wall.

1961 Los Angeles poolside frame showing two older men reclining on orange-brown loungers near towels and a stone wall. — One man in a white shirt reclines beside a shirtless companion on the pool deck.

Late frame from a 1961 Los Angeles 8mm poolside scene with two men resting on adjacent cushioned loungers. — The men remain seated on the loungers as the handheld camera records the poolside scene.

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