United States-1958: Woman and Small Child Walking Toward Breaking Ocean Surf

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

family beach day
childhood
summer vacation
parent and child
seaside leisure
1950s swimwear
ocean surf

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Open sandy ocean beach with rows of breaking surf and a dark sea to the horizon
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast or hazy
Lighting: soft, flat daylight
People: 2 · A woman with short dark hair in a dark one-piece swimsuit and a small child in a yellow swimsuit, both seen from behind
Objects: swimsuits · breaking waves · wet sand
Colors: teal · dark blue · white · olive tan
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A woman and a small child walk across wet sand toward the surf, seen from behind.
A long breaker rolls in across the width of the frame.
The pair slow as they reach the edge of the water.
Both stand facing the waves, the child to the woman's right.

Woman and Small Child Walking Toward Breaking Ocean Surf — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit and a small child in a yellow swimsuit walking away from the camera across wet sand toward breaking waves. Long rows of white surf roll in under a dark blue-green sea as the pair slow near the waterline, the child a few steps to the woman's right. The single handheld shot is filmed from the beach behind them, with soft focus, visible grain and cool 8mm colour.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001096

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$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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Serves requests for circa 1958 American family beach footage in documentaries, memoir films and nostalgic commercials needing a parent-and-child moment at the sea.
Period detail: The woman's dark one-piece swimsuit with a fitted bodice and short hairstyle may show 1950s fashion, and the cool 8mm colour matches the period.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged family moment filmed from behind, as a woman and a small child simply head toward the water while someone on the beach keeps the camera running.
What appears in frame: A woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit, a small child in yellow, wet sand underfoot, foam at the waterline, long white breakers and a dark sea under hazy sky.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm colour with fine grain, darkened corners, a cool blue-green cast and slight handheld drift that give the shot a gentle home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat, a summer transition or a cutaway in a family-life sequence, with the rolling waves giving natural motion for a cut.
Historical context: Colour home-movie film made beach trips a common subject in postwar American family records, and this clip reflects that everyday leisure.
Research note: Copyright in the film and likeness of the people are separate issues; the woman and the minor are seen from behind, but they could still be recognised by family.
Research search match: 1950s mother and child at the beach, vintage 8mm ocean surf, home movie family beach day, circa 1958 swimsuit footage.
Archive pairing path: Start with the same reel's girl splashing at the water's edge, then add its birthday party laughter and the girl with a white muff, before widening to other 1950s American seaside family films.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman and small child walking toward a curling ocean wave on a United States beach, circa 1958, seen from behind — A woman and a small child head for the surf as a long wave curls behind them, circa 1958.
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Two figures at the edge of the sea as white breakers roll ashore, 8mm home movie, United States, circa 1958 — Breakers spread white foam ahead of the woman and child at the shoreline.
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Small child in yellow and a woman in a dark swimsuit face the ocean surf on a beach in the United States, circa 1958 — The child stops a few steps to the woman's right, both facing the waves.
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Woman and child standing at the waterline before a band of white surf, vintage 8mm film, United States, circa 1958 — The pair stand at the waterline as a wide band of surf rolls toward them.
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