California-1964: Man in Sunglasses Turns to Camera and Reaches Across a Beach Blanket

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

beach leisure
family outing
summer holiday
1960s swimwear
candid home movie
mid-century American life
acknowledging the camera

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · eye level from a low seated or crouched position
Setting: outdoor · Sandy beach at the foot of dark rock with wooden stairs, crowded with towels, bags and seated beachgoers
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows, rendered dark and low in contrast by film fade
People: 6 · A heavy-set shirtless man in sunglasses and blue trunks, a man in a straw hat and white T-shirt, a woman in a patterned swimsuit, a partly visible person in the foreground and figures near the stairs behind.
Objects: straw hat · sunglasses · red basket · beach blanket · towels · wooden stairs · handrail · bags
Colors: purple · magenta · violet · pale lavender · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

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A shirtless man in blue trunks sits with his back to the camera beside a man in a straw hat and white T-shirt.
The man in sunglasses turns his head and looks toward the camera as a woman in a patterned swimsuit sits beyond him.
He leans forward and stretches an arm across the blanket toward a red basket.
He rises onto his knees, bent over the blanket, while the man in the straw hat stays seated.

Man in Sunglasses Turns to Camera and Reaches Across a... — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1964 home movie footage of a family group seated on towels at a sandy beach. A heavy-set shirtless man in sunglasses and blue trunks turns to look at the camera, then leans forward and reaches across the blanket toward a red basket. Beside him sit a man in a straw hat and white T-shirt and a woman in a patterned swimsuit, with wooden beach stairs and dark rock behind. It is a single handheld medium shot on colour film that has faded to purple and magenta.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 800000309

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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: 1964 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: 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: Helps with requests for candid early to mid 1960s American beach leisure, where an editor needs ordinary adults in period swimwear on a crowded stretch of sand.
Period detail: A wide straw sun hat, boxer-style trunks, dark sunglasses and a patterned one-piece swimsuit point to the early or mid 1960s, and the heavy magenta fade is typical of colour stock of that time.
Home-movie behavior: The man notices he is being filmed, turns to look straight at the lens, then goes back to reaching for something on the blanket, an unstaged reaction typical of family filming.
What appears in frame: A shirtless man in sunglasses and blue trunks, a man in a straw hat and white T-shirt, a seated woman in a patterned swimsuit, a red basket on a blanket, scattered towels, and wooden stairs against dark rock.
Film character: Small-gauge colour film faded to purple and magenta, with soft focus, visible grain, a few dust specks and the slight unsteadiness of a hand-held camera.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway between wider beach views, with the turn to camera giving a natural cut point.
Historical context: The scene shows a group of adults spending a sunny day on a busy public beach with towels, a basket and sun hats, a common form of American summer recreation in the 1960s.
Research note: The people are unidentified private individuals and one face is turned to the camera, so likeness permission is a separate question from the film copyright; no logos or readable signs are visible.
Research search match: 1960s family beach home movie, man in sunglasses turns to camera, straw hat and swim trunks on sand, faded colour amateur film of California beachgoers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's crowded beach seen from the cliff, sunbathers and family beach party clips, then with other circa 1964 California coast footage, then with general 1960s beach leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1964 home movie frame, probably California: a shirtless man sits with his back to the camera beside a man in a straw hat on a sandy beach. — A beach group on towels at the foot of wooden stairs, probably California, circa 1964.
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Man in dark sunglasses turns to the camera at a beach gathering, probably California, circa 1964, with a woman in a swimsuit and a man in a straw hat. — The man in sunglasses turns to the camera while his companions sit on the blanket, circa 1964.
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Circa 1964 beach scene, probably California: a shirtless man stretches an arm across the blanket toward a red basket as a woman in a swimsuit looks on. — He leans across the blanket toward a red basket as the others stay seated.
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Kneeling man in blue trunks bends over a blanket beside a seated man in a wide straw hat on a sandy beach, probably California, circa 1964. — The man in trunks kneels over the blanket; the man in the straw hat stays seated beside him.
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