Albany New York USA-1937: Swimmers Brave Icy Water For A Chilly Dip.

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

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Swimmers Brave Icy Water For A Chilly Dip — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Albany, New York, in 1937 shows a group of people braving icy conditions for a winter dip. A wooden platform stands on a frozen body of water, with several individuals in heavy winter coats gathered on the structure. One person in light clothing is seen entering the icy water, while others watch from the platform and the snowy shore. The grainy black-and-white image captures a moment of communal bravery and winter tradition, with bare trees and snow-covered ground emphasizing the cold climate. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century American life and winter activities.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120806293

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for archival requests about 1930s American winter recreation, cold-water swimming, and community spectatorship in Albany, New York, for documentary inserts or educational context.
Period detail: The footage shows heavy winter coats, bare trees, snow-covered ground, and a simple wooden platform on an icy body of water, consistent with the 1937 Albany home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as bundled spectators watch a lightly dressed swimmer approach or enter icy water during a brief communal winter activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden platform, bundled onlookers, a lightly dressed swimmer, icy water, snowbanks, bare trees, and a snowy shoreline.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for winter endurance, local recreation, or Depression-era community life.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests organized or informal cold-water bathing watched by local spectators, without enough visible evidence to identify a named club, event, or exact body of water.
Research note: People and faces are visible at small scale, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status, while no logos, music, private interiors, or obvious branded property are visible.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1930s Albany winter swimmers, icy water dip home movie, vintage 8mm cold-water bathing, and New York winter recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1937 Albany material, then broader 1930s winter recreation or cold-water swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Albany, New York, bundled spectators gather around a wooden platform on a frozen or icy body of water, with snow and bare trees in the background. — Spectators gather by the icy-water platform.

Spectators in heavy winter clothing stand on and near a wooden platform over icy water in Albany, with a snowy bank and leafless trees beyond. — Onlookers watch from the platform and shore.

A lightly dressed swimmer appears to crouch or enter icy water beside the wooden platform while bundled spectators remain nearby in the snowy 1937 Albany scene. — Swimmer enters the icy water near the platform.

A lightly dressed swimmer stands near the wooden platform on icy water while bundled spectators watch from the structure in the Albany winter footage. — Swimmer stands beside the winter bathing platform.

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