Hawaii USA-1959: Two People Swim Near Shore Followed By Two Women Studying A Crop

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Hawaii

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Two People Swim Near Shore Followed By Two Women... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Hawaii, USA, in 1959, showing two people swimming in the ocean near the shore, viewed through a window frame. The scene transitions to two women in period dresses standing in a field of tall plants, possibly a pineapple farm, observing the crop. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of mid-century family vacation recordings.

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: 120981660

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 1873 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: 1,March
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: hawaii
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Hawaii, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Supports 1950s Hawaii archive requests needing brief home-movie views of shoreline swimming and agricultural sightseeing or crop inspection.
Period detail: The women's dresses, sunglasses, and faded 8mm color may show late-1950s leisure travel and rural visitor scenes in Hawaii.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged vacation observation, with swimmers filmed from behind a window frame before a candid look at two women examining tall crops.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean swimmers, shore water, window-frame edges, surf, two women, patterned dresses, sunglasses, and a field of tall plants.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that carry the texture of a mid-century home movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat linking beach recreation with rural agricultural travel in Hawaii.
Historical context: The footage visually connects visitor leisure at the shoreline with a field visit, reflecting everyday travel documentation rather than a staged production.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and from behind, so copyright, likeness, and location context should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Hawaii 8mm home movie, people swimming near shore, women in crop field, and pineapple farm vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Hawaii 1959 travel footage, and then with beach recreation or agricultural field scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two swimmers in Hawaii ocean water, filmed through a dark window frame in faded 1959 8mm footage. — Swimmers move near shore, framed by dark edges in the home-movie view.

Two people swim near shore in Hawaii, shown at a distance in grainy 1959 home-movie footage. — Two distant swimmers cross rippled coastal water.

Two swimmers are visible near the surface of Hawaii coastal water in a soft, faded 8mm frame. — The swimmers appear closer together in the nearshore water.

Two women in period dresses stand beside tall crop plants in Hawaii, possibly a pineapple field, in 1959 home-movie footage. — Two women pause beside tall agricultural plants, appearing to study the crop.

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