Seaside New Jersey USA-1949: Swimmer in Red Cap Swimming in Turquoise Ocean Waters

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSeaside, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 Seaside New Jersey

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Swimmer in Red Cap Swimming in Turquoise Ocean Waters — Clip Details

Vintage 1949 Super 8 footage from Seaside, New Jersey, captures a swimmer in a red cap and dark swimsuit gliding through turquoise ocean waters. The grainy, color-bleached film shows a person swimming with steady strokes, their white swim cap visible in later frames. The water's surface ripples with natural movement, reflecting the era's casual seaside recreation. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American beach culture, with authentic film grain and color degradation characteristic of 8mm home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120777821

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1071 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: jody eileen,steves bar mitzvah,barkins bungalows,canada,hotel,puerto rico
Reel-level year note: 1949-1955-1957-1970
Reel-level location note: canada,st. thomas,new jersey, philadephia
Date: 1949 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Seaside, New Jersey, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1949 Seaside, New Jersey home-movie clip can support archival requests for mid-century American swimming, beach recreation, or leisure footage in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The visible swim cap, dark swimsuit, soft color, and handheld 8mm-style framing may show casual late-1940s seaside recreation without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of a swimmer moving through the water as a family or vacation camera follows from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise water, rippling surface texture, a swimmer in a light swim cap, dark swimwear, splashes, submerged arms, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The clip carries physical-film texture through grain, muted color, slight blur, uneven exposure, and home-movie camera movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or visual insert for swimming and postwar leisure themes.
Historical context: The footage visually places swimming and waterside recreation within a domestic home-movie record rather than a formal sporting or news context.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable in these frames, so likeness review may still be needed separately from copyright or location clearance.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1940s home movie swimmer, Seaside New Jersey swimming footage, vintage 8mm beach recreation, and mid-century swim cap in water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with other 1949 Seaside or New Jersey footage, and then with broader mid-century swimming and beach recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1949 Seaside, New Jersey home-movie frame showing rippling turquoise water with a faint swimmer shape partly below the surface. — Rippling water before the swimmer comes clearly into view.

A swimmer wearing a light swim cap and dark swimwear moves through turquoise water in the 1949 Seaside, New Jersey footage. — Swimmer enters the frame through choppy water.

Close handheld view of the capped swimmer, partly submerged, with an arm extended through the water during the Seaside, New Jersey swimming scene. — Close pass of the swimmer with arm extended.

Rear view of the swimmer in a light cap and dark swimsuit pushing through turquoise water in a brief 1949 Seaside, New Jersey home-movie shot. — Rear view of the swimmer making steady strokes.

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