Hawaii USA-1959: Swimmer Attempting To Break Record

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

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Swimmer Attempting To Break Record — Clip Details

Vintage 1959 8mm home movie footage from Hawaii showing a swimmer in the ocean, viewed through a window frame. The grainy, color-tinted film captures a person swimming in the water with a boat visible in the foreground. The scene transitions to a beach with a mountain backdrop, where a person paddles a small boat. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality with natural lighting and subtle film grain, evoking mid-century American leisure and tropical vacation memories.

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: 120982617

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 (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: Hawaii, 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: Useful for 1950s Hawaii archive requests needing brief ocean recreation, swimmer, canoe, beach, or tropical travel cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 1959 metadata and visible small craft, beachgoers, and unpolished vacation framing may show mid-century leisure activity in Hawaii.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational visitor viewpoint, catching a swimmer or paddler at a distance rather than staged action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean water, a boat bow, window or frame edges, a paddler, pale beach, distant people, trees, and steep mountains.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a quick tropical travel insert, record-attempt cutaway, beach transition, or memory beat within a Hawaii sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects outdoor ocean recreation and coastal sightseeing in Hawaii without providing enough visual detail to identify the swimmer or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, event identity, and any location-specific use should be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Hawaii 8mm swimmer footage, vintage beach paddling, tropical ocean home movie, and mid-century Hawaii vacation scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Hawaii material, then broader vintage swimming, boating, beach, or tropical travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Hawaii 8mm frame showing a boat bow near the ocean, partly blocked by dark frame edges. — Boat bow and ocean water viewed through a dark foreground frame.

1959 Hawaii 8mm frame with a distant person paddling on the water below a beach, trees, and mountains. — A distant paddler moves across the water beneath a mountain shoreline.

1959 Hawaii 8mm frame showing a pale beach, distant people or beach objects, trees, and steep mountains. — Beach and mountain shoreline seen from across the water.

1959 Hawaii 8mm frame with a mountain-backed shoreline, beach activity, and a small craft or swimmers near the water. — Coastal beach activity appears below steep green mountains.

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