Florida USA-1959: Man Joyfully Running into Ocean on Summer Day

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Florida

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Man Joyfully Running into Ocean on Summer Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Florida USA in 1959 shows a young man in patterned swim trunks joyfully running into the ocean on a sunny summer day. He splashes through the shallow waves, laughing as he wades deeper into the calm blue water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and natural light, capturing a candid moment of carefree vacation fun. The scene is framed by the characteristic black borders of 8mm film, enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 121289734

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 1266 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: florida
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: Florida, 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: 1959 Florida 8mm vacation footage can support documentary or museum edits needing midcentury beach recreation and informal ocean swimming.
Period detail: The patterned swim trunks, home-movie framing, and color 8mm texture may show a late-1950s American seaside vacation scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of a young man running into shallow surf and settling into the water for relief or play.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in swim trunks, shallow ocean water, small waves, wet sand, a low horizon, black film borders, and faded color.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and black 8mm frame edges give the footage a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer transition, beach cutaway, or memory beat within a vacation or leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal beach recreation and personal vacation filming without showing landmarks, signage, or identifiable public events.
Research note: A visible adult likeness may require review for model-release needs, while copyright and source licensing should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1959 Florida 8mm beach vacation, man running into ocean, vintage home movie swimming, and midcentury summer surf.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Florida 1959 beach material, then broader 1950s vacation and swimming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Florida home-movie frame showing a man in patterned swim trunks running through shallow surf toward the ocean. — A man runs into the surf, kicking up spray in shallow water.

1959 Florida beach footage shows the man wading into calm blue-green ocean water under a simple horizon. — The swimmer moves farther into the water as small waves break around him.

The man lowers himself into the shallow Florida surf, with wet sand and soft 8mm color visible around him. — The man crouches into the shallow water close to shore.

Final 1959 Florida home-movie frame shows the man partly submerged in shallow ocean water with a small wave in front of him. — The swimmer pauses in the shallow surf as the water settles around him.

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