Waterfront view toward a sandy beach and distant shoreline houses.
1963 · San Francisco, California, United States
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A wider look across the water toward beach houses on the shoreline — San Francisco, California, 1963
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- 1963
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Image
- Still 3 · 3.20s into the source clip
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Wide 1963 San Francisco shoreline view with water foreground, sandy beach, and distant houses.
The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 3.20 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.
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Distant beach houses and palms line the shore beyond calm water.
1963 · San Francisco, California, United States
Still image · $49
Open water fills the foreground with a distant sandy shoreline and houses beyond.
1963 · San Francisco, California, United States
Still image · $49
Source footage and archive context
San Francisco California-1963: Coastal View with Beach and Houses
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1963 San Francisco California.
Date documentation · estimated
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 documentation · estimated
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.
Source reel 1112
Reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Year note: 1963
Location note: california
Period detail
The distant low beach houses, palm silhouettes, muted color, and 8mm framing may show a mid-century California seaside neighborhood.
Film character
Soft focus, visible grain, muted color, and slight handheld drift give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Historical context
The view records a leisure shoreline environment with beach houses and palms, without enough detail to identify a specific landmark or event.
Research note
People are flagged in clip metadata, though faces are not discernible here; likeness, property, and copyright review should remain separate.
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