United States-1955: Surf Breaking Over Dark Boulders and Jagged Rocks on an Ocean Shore

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

ocean surf
rocky coast
force of the sea
coastal scenery
seaside outing
amateur filmmaking
faded colour film

Shot type: mixed
Camera: handheld · pan · tilt · slightly high angle looking down on the rocks, rising toward the horizon
Setting: outdoor · rocky ocean shoreline with boulders, surf and open sea
Time and weather: day · clear to hazy, with rough surf
Lighting: direct sunlight on the rocks with deep shadows, brighter and flatter over the water
People: 0
Objects: boulders · rock outcrop · surf · sea spray · offshore rocks
Colors: indigo · violet · pale grey · white · blue-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Close view of dark angular boulders in sunlight and deep shadow.
White surf washes in at the left as the camera starts to pan right.
The pan crosses foaming water toward a rocky slope at the right.
A jagged outcrop slopes into the sea with low rocks offshore.
A wave bursts into spray against a rock before open water and the horizon.

Surf Breaking Over Dark Boulders and Jagged Rocks on an... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955 home movie footage of surf breaking on a rocky ocean shore. The shot opens close on dark angular boulders with white water washing in at the left, then pans right across foaming surf to a jagged outcrop sloping into the sea, with low offshore rocks beyond. It ends on a wave bursting into spray against a rock and on open water under a pale horizon. Filmed handheld in one continuous pan on amateur colour film with a faded blue-violet cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000386

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 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: 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: Fits requests for mid-century amateur colour footage of a rough rocky coast, for use as scenic or atmospheric material in documentaries about family travel and the seashore.
Period detail: No vehicle, clothing or sign appears; the era shows only in the film itself, whose faded blue-violet dyes, heavy grain and cracked surface may show 1950s amateur colour stock.
Home-movie behavior: The filmmaker sweeps the camera in one unbroken handheld move from the rocks at their feet out to the breaking waves, the way a visitor takes in a shoreline.
What appears in frame: Dark angular boulders in sun and shadow, white surf washing between rocks, a jagged outcrop sloping into the sea, low offshore rocks, a burst of spray and open water to the horizon.
Film character: Soft focus, coarse grain, a strong blue-violet dye shift and fine surface cracks and dust give the shot the texture of aged small-gauge colour film.
Edit role: Works as a scenic cutaway, a transition on the spray burst, or a memory beat within a coastal or travel sequence.
Historical context: The shot records a shoreline as an amateur filmmaker saw it on an outing, part of the scenic filming common in colour home movies after the mid 1930s.
Research note: No people, signs or buildings appear, so likeness and property concerns are minimal, though copyright in the original film and the unidentified location remain separate matters for the licensee.
Research search match: vintage home movie surf on rocks, 1950s rocky coastline footage, faded colour film ocean waves, amateur seascape with sea spray
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the fisherman and shingled-house shots from the same reel, then with other circa 1955 American coastal footage, then with surf and seascape clips of any period.

Still Frames From This Clip

Sunlit dark boulders on an ocean shore in the United States, circa 1955, on faded blue-violet home movie film. — The shot opens close on dark boulders at the water's edge, their tops lit by the sun.
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Foaming surf washes between dark rocks on a United States shoreline, circa 1955, in faded home movie colour. — As the camera pans right, white water floods across low rocks beside the boulder pile.
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A jagged outcrop slopes into pale surf with offshore rocks beyond, United States coast, circa 1955 home movie. — A jagged outcrop runs down into the sea, with a line of low rocks offshore.
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Spray from a breaking wave rises beside a rock on the United States coast, circa 1955, in aged colour home movie film. — A wave breaks into spray against a rock as the pan reaches open water.
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