Albany New York USA-1937: Crazy People Jumping Into Wintery Cold Water

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationAlbany, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Albany New York

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Crazy People Jumping Into Wintery Cold Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Albany, New York, 1937, showing a group of people braving freezing winter conditions to swim in a snow-covered lake. Individuals in heavy coats and winter attire walk across a wooden pier toward a diving platform, while others gather on the structure, preparing to jump into the icy water. The grainy black-and-white film captures the stark contrast between the snowy landscape and the bold, daring act of winter swimming. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into early 20th-century recreational culture and community spirit in a cold, wintery setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120806130

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 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: Albany, New York, 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

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Albany home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational requests about winter recreation, cold-water stunts, and community leisure in the northeastern United States.
Period detail: The snow-covered setting, heavy coats, wooden railings, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s winter leisure scene, with Albany and 1937 supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view of bundled spectators and participants gathering around a small pier or platform before a cold-water plunge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snow-covered shoreline, wooden pier rails, a small platform, bundled figures in dark winter clothing, bare trees, and pale frozen or icy water nearby.
Film character: The footage has a soft, grainy 8mm black-and-white look with uneven exposure, slight blur, and contact-print texture that reads as physical home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, winter transition, memory beat, or cutaway illustrating daring recreation in cold weather.
Historical context: The scene suggests organized or informal winter swimming as a social spectacle, with onlookers gathered close to the platform in a snowy outdoor setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Albany winter swimming, vintage 8mm cold-water plunge, snow-covered lake recreation, and home movie winter spectators on a pier.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with Albany or 1937 winter material, and then with broader archive clips of cold-water swimming, snow recreation, or community stunts.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft black-and-white 1937 Albany home-movie frame showing a snowy waterfront area with bundled figures near wooden railings and a small platform. — Bundled figures move near a snowy pier.

Black-and-white frame from Albany in 1937 showing bundled people gathered on a wooden platform beside a snow-covered winter shoreline. — A small crowd gathers on the platform.

Grainy 8mm frame showing several bundled figures at a snow-covered wooden pier or platform, consistent with the Albany winter swimming scene described in the metadata. — Participants and spectators stand by the pier.

1937 Albany home-movie still showing a clustered group in winter clothing on a wooden platform beside snow and pale water or ice. — The group waits on the snowy platform.

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