Hawaii-1959: Surfer Carrying a Longboard Beside Breaking Waves

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

surfing
beach recreation
coastal leisure
swimming
travel observation
everyday life

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · Slightly elevated oblique view across the beach and shoreline
Setting: outdoor · Sandy coastal beach with breaking surf, trees, low buildings and mountain ridges
Time and weather: daytime · indeterminate · Cloudy sky with daylight reaching the beach
Lighting: Natural daylight with shaded foreground areas
People: 20 · Approximately twenty people are visible across the foreground, beach and shallows; the prominent bare-chested board carrier wears dark swim trunks, and a cropped seated figure wears a white cap. Distant figures are too small for reliable age or facial identification.
Objects: long surfboard · white cap · swimwear · sand · breaking waves · coastal trees · low buildings · mountain ridges
Colors: sand beige · blue-gray · purple-blue · dark green · white · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A person carries a nearly upright longboard across the sandy foreground.
The carrier angles the board across the body beside seated and standing beachgoers.
The pale board stretches diagonally across the center-left of the view.
The carrier reaches the left edge as a wave breaks across the right side.

Surfer Carrying a Longboard Beside Breaking Waves — Clip Details

Probably Hawaii, circa 1959 home movie footage shows a bare-chested person carrying a long surfboard across a sandy rise beside the sea. The board turns from an upright position to a diagonal across the carrier's body as beachgoers stand and sit nearby. White surf breaks along a broad beach backed by trees, scattered buildings and mountain ridges. The single handheld wide shot shifts slightly right, leaving the carrier near the left edge.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003529

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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: 1959 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: Hawaii, 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: Supports documentary requests for circa 1959 beach recreation, longboard handling and a probable Hawaiian coastal setting.
Period detail: The long, rounded surfboard and simple swimwear are consistent with circa 1959, although their visible details do not establish an exact year.
Home-movie behavior: The carrier handles the board while nearby visitors sit, stand and wade without any visible posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: The view includes a longboard carrier, a white-capped foreground visitor, distant bathers, pale sand, breaking surf, coastal trees, low buildings and mountain ridges.
Film character: Grain, soft detail, subdued blue-purple color and uneven brightness give the projected-film transfer a visibly analog texture.
Edit role: Works as a brief beach-life cutaway or a transition between a surfing action shot and wider shoreline recreation.
Historical context: The prominent board and shared shoreline place surfing equipment within an ordinary scene of bathing and beach leisure.
Research note: People and distant buildings are visible; copyright licensing is separate from likeness and property permissions, and the frames establish no release status.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1959 longboard carrying, probable Hawaiian beach life and color small-gauge home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's surfer riding toward shore, breaking wave and group shore-break scenes, then with probable Hawaiian footage circa 1959 and wider surfing history.

Still Frames From This Clip

Probably Hawaii, circa 1959: a longboard carrier crosses a sandy rise above breaking surf, with bathers and rugged mountains beyond. — The longboard is held nearly upright as its carrier crosses the sand above the water.
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Probably Hawaii, circa 1959: a person turns a pale longboard diagonally beside seated visitors and swimmers along a mountain-backed beach. — The carrier turns the board across the body while passing other beach visitors.
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Probably Hawaii, circa 1959: a longboard stretches diagonally across its carrier's body, with bathers, white surf and layered ridges behind. — The board's full length stands out against the darker shoreline and water.
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Probably Hawaii, circa 1959: breaking white water fills the right side as the longboard carrier reaches the left edge of the beach view. — A breaking wave becomes prominent as the carrier moves toward the edge of the shot.
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