PLAYITA BCS MEXICO-2017: A Helicopter Flies Over A Tropical Beach As Waves Crash
About this clip
A helicopter flies over a tropical beach in Playita BCS, Mexico, in 2017, capturing waves crashing onto the sand beneath palm trees. Shot on home movie film, this 6-second clip offers a nostalgic, sun-drenched view of a coastal paradise. The natural beauty of the shoreline and the movement of the helicopter create a cinematic, dreamlike moment. Ideal for travel, nature, or lifestyle content, this vintage-style footage blends realism with artistic flair. Perfect for documentaries, editorial projects, or nostalgic storytelling.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Travel editors, documentary producers, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts can use this aerial beach view from Playita, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with surf, sand, palms, and coastal development in one frame.
- Edit role
- Use this short 6-second aerial as an opener, location transition, coastal cutaway, or breathing beat between tighter beach or ocean shots.
- Visual details
- The frames show blue ocean, breaking waves on a pale sandy beach, a rock jetty, palm trees, low coastal buildings, distant hills, bright daylight, and dark aircraft or drone structure in the upper foreground, with no visible people.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- File size
- 45 MB
- Location
- Playita, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Year filmed
- 2017
- Published
- Oct 2017
Still Frames From This Clip
2 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.