Los Angeles California-1961: Individuals Swimming And Hanging Out Around The Pool

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Individuals Swimming And Hanging Out Around The Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a Los Angeles hotel pool. Guests in period swimwear lounge on patterned chairs and swim in the turquoise water, with a building featuring a 'Jerry Lewis' sign visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain, slight camera shake, and a nostalgic mid-century atmosphere, offering authentic archival footage of 1960s leisure life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127559024

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: Yes
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

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 1960s Los Angeles leisure, hotel-pool, and summer recreation sequences in documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The clip shows period swimwear, low lounge chairs, patterned poolside seating, and a visible Jerry Lewis sign that may indicate a hotel or entertainment-related venue.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged poolside activity, with swimmers in the water and guests reclining, talking, and moving casually around the deck.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a turquoise swimming pool, lounge chairs, sunbathers, swimmers, a pool ladder, a tall red-brown wall, a small white structure, and a Jerry Lewis sign.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, muted color, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a 1961 home movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, transition, or establishing insert for mid-century travel, leisure, or Los Angeles pool culture.
Historical context: The scene documents informal public leisure around a pool, with adults relaxing and swimming in a setting consistent with early 1960s American vacation imagery.
Research note: People and faces are visible and a Jerry Lewis sign appears, so likeness, trademark, venue, and contextual rights should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Los Angeles hotel pool home movie, 8mm swimmers at pool, 1960s sunbathers, and Jerry Lewis sign poolside may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1961 footage, then broader 1960s hotel, pool, swimming, and summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing swimmers in a turquoise pool while adults lounge on chairs near a Jerry Lewis sign. — Pool guests swim and relax beside lounge chairs under a Jerry Lewis sign.

1961 Los Angeles pool scene with adults on lounge chairs, swimmers in the water, a pool ladder, and the Jerry Lewis sign visible behind them. — Adults lounge by the pool as swimmers move through the water.

1961 Los Angeles poolside frame showing adults reclining on lounge chairs, one person bending near the deck, and a swimmer in the foreground. — Poolside guests rest on lounge chairs while a swimmer passes in front.

1961 Los Angeles 8mm poolside view with adults on lounge chairs, a person bending near the deck, and a swimmer at the lower edge. — Guests relax along the pool deck as casual activity continues around them.

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