Albany New York USA-1937: Boys Dive Into Cold Water During Winter

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

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Boys Dive Into Cold Water During Winter — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Albany, New York, in 1937 shows a group of young men and boys gathered on a wooden dock during winter. Dressed in dark winter clothing, they prepare to dive into the frigid water below. One man leaps headfirst into the icy lake, creating a splash as others watch from the platform. The grainy black-and-white film captures the daring act with authentic 1930s texture and motion, evoking a sense of bold recreation and community spirit in a cold, snowy landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120806151

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1930s Albany home-movie clip supports archival requests for winter recreation, cold-water diving, and community leisure scenes in Depression-era New York.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm footage may show 1930s winter clothing, a simple wooden waterside platform, snow-covered ground, and bare trees consistent with the supplied 1937 Albany metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal home-movie view of young men gathering closely on a dock as one person dives while others watch from the platform.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snow-covered shoreline, bare winter trees, a wooden dock or platform, bundled spectators, dark coats, open water below the platform, and a splash from the dive.
Film character: The footage has a soft black-and-white 8mm texture with visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and handheld framing that preserve its original home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for winter leisure, youthful daredevil behavior, cold-water swimming, or Albany-area community recreation.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for outdoor recreation and social spectatorship in a cold northern setting without proving an organized event or named location beyond the supplied Albany metadata.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, private interiors, or clearly identifiable brands are visible in the provided frames.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1930s Albany winter swimming, 8mm home movie cold-water dive, boys and young men on snowy dock, and Depression-era New York recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Albany or 1937 winter scenes, and then with broader home-movie clips of swimming, diving, docks, snow, and outdoor recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1937 Albany home-movie footage, a group of young men in dark winter clothing gathers on a wooden waterside platform beside snow-covered ground and bare trees. — Group gathered on the winter dock before the dive.

In the Albany winter scene, one person appears to dive headfirst from the wooden platform while bundled onlookers stand nearby against a snowy shoreline. — Diver leaves the platform as onlookers watch.

The diver has entered the water below the wooden dock, creating a visible splash while the group stays clustered on the snowy winter platform. — Splash below the dock after the dive.

At the end of the supplied Albany winter clip, the group remains on the wooden platform while disturbed water below marks the completed cold-water dive. — Onlookers remain above the rippling water.

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