Seaside New Jersey USA-1949: Man Swimming In Pool On Sunny Day

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

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Man Swimming In Pool On Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Seaside, New Jersey, 1949, showing a man swimming in a pool on a sunny day. The clip captures the swimmer in a dark swimsuit, his face visible as he moves through the turquoise water, with splashes and ripples surrounding him. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, characteristic of mid-century amateur recordings. The scene evokes a nostalgic, carefree summer memory from the post-war era.

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 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: 120777906

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 Home Movie 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: 1940s New Jersey home-movie pool swimming footage suited for documentary or educational edits about postwar leisure, seaside vacations, and everyday summer recreation.
Period detail: The dark swim trunks, outdoor pool setting, soft 8mm color, and metadata-supported 1949 Seaside, New Jersey location place the scene in a mid-century American vacation context.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer is filmed informally at close range as he moves through the water, giving the clip an unstaged family-vacation perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in dark swim trunks, turquoise pool water, splashes, ripples, sunlit skin, partial facial views, and soft shadows across the frame.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the pool scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or summer-leisure cutaway within a sequence about mid-century recreation or seaside travel.
Historical context: The clip documents ordinary pool recreation in a home-movie style, with one visible adult swimmer rather than a staged public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed, while the provided rights flags report no visible logos, private property, children, or audible music; copyright clearance remains a separate check.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1949 8mm man swimming in pool, Seaside New Jersey home movie, 1940s summer recreation footage, and vintage pool swimming cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1949 Seaside, New Jersey material, and finally broader 1940s beach, pool, and summer-vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1949 Seaside, New Jersey footage, a man in dark swim trunks faces the camera while moving through a sunlit swimming pool. — Swimmer facing camera in pool.

A man swims toward the camera in a turquoise pool, his face and shoulders partly shadowed as water splashes around his arms. — Swimmer moving forward through water.

A close, soft-focus home-movie frame shows the swimmer near the camera with rippling turquoise water and splashes behind him. — Close pool view of swimmer.

The swimmer is seen from behind as he moves away through darker pool water, with foam and ripples marking his path. — Swimmer moving away in pool.

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