Boston USA-1975: A Man Rides A Tricycle Off Of A Diving Board Into A Swimming Pool

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationBoston, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Man Rides A Tricycle Off Of A Diving Board Into A... — Clip Details

A man in a vintage 1975 home movie rides a red and yellow tricycle off a diving board into a backyard swimming pool. He wears swim goggles, a black swim cap, and flippers, creating a playful, surreal scene. The footage, captured on 8mm film, shows a wooden fence, a coiled garden hose, and a tiled patio. The color palette features faded blues and purples, with visible film grain and slight motion blur, evoking nostalgic Americana. The man enters the water with a splash, completing the whimsical moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121088962

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1975 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: Boston, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s home-movie requests needing playful backyard swimming-pool recreation, oddball summer leisure, or humorous Americana footage from the Boston area.
Period detail: The backyard pool setting, metal pool ladder, wooden privacy fence, patio paving, swim cap, goggles, flippers, and small plastic tricycle may show mid-1970s domestic recreation details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures an unstaged-seeming stunt as an adult deliberately rides a child's tricycle off a diving board into a pool for family amusement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a backyard swimming pool, diving board, adult man, small red and yellow tricycle, swim goggles, swim cap, flippers, wooden fence, garden hose, patio paving, and metal pool ladder.
Film character: The 8mm footage has visible grain, faded blue-purple color, soft exposure, slight blur during action, and a home-movie contact-print texture that supports its archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief comic insert, summer-memory beat, poolside transition, or surreal cutaway within a sequence about leisure, family films, or 1970s recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal backyard pool entertainment and home-movie performance culture without establishing any broader public event or specific neighborhood context.
Research note: A visible adult may require likeness review, and copyright clearance remains separate from any privacy, likeness, or property considerations despite no visible logos or audible music being indicated.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1970s 8mm backyard pool stunt, man rides tricycle into swimming pool, Boston home movie summer recreation, and vintage diving board prank.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then with other Boston-area 1975 home movies, and then with related summer pool, backyard leisure, or humorous family-film material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1975 Boston-area 8mm home-movie footage, an adult man wearing goggles, swim cap, and flippers sits on a red and yellow tricycle on a backyard pool diving board. — Man prepares to ride a tricycle off the diving board.

The man in swim cap, goggles, and flippers rides a small red and yellow tricycle along the diving board toward the backyard swimming pool. — The tricycle stunt begins on the pool diving board.

The rider falls forward from the diving board as the small tricycle angles toward the swimming pool, with the fence, hose, and pool ladder in the background. — Rider and tricycle tip into the pool.

After the stunt, the man is mostly submerged in the backyard swimming pool, creating a splash near the diving board and metal pool ladder. — The pool entry ends with a splash.

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