Florida USA-1959: Person Swimming In Ocean, And View Of Ocean On Sunny Day

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

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Person Swimming In Ocean, And View Of Ocean On Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Florida USA in 1959, showing a person swimming in the ocean on a sunny day. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches are characteristic of 1950s amateur film. The swimmer appears as a dark silhouette moving through the water, with gentle waves and a hazy horizon visible. The shot captures a nostalgic, candid moment of seaside recreation, with the camera held steady to record the natural scene. This authentic archival clip evokes mid-century American leisure and coastal life.

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: 121289749

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 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: Useful for 1950s Florida home-movie requests needing a brief coastal recreation insert or atmospheric ocean view.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, soft focus, and distant swimmer may show mid-century amateur filming rather than a staged travel scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the swimmer and horizon from shore with a steady, casual home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open ocean, hazy horizon, small waves, a distant swimmer silhouette, film gate edges, dust specks, and faded color.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, muted exposure, minor scratches, soft detail, and dark frame edges typical of scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a seaside cutaway, memory beat, transition, or contextual insert for mid-century leisure footage.
Historical context: The footage supports a general view of beach recreation in Florida without identifying a specific beach, event, or individual.
Research note: A person is visible only as a distant swimmer, so likeness risk appears limited but copyright and any needed use permissions still require review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Florida 8mm ocean swimmer, vintage home movie beach water, and 1950s coastal leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Florida 1959 coastal views, then broader 1950s swimming or seaside recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Florida 8mm frame showing a distant swimmer silhouette in the ocean beneath a soft, hazy horizon. — A distant swimmer moves through the ocean in a faded 8mm coastal view.

Faded 1959 Florida ocean view on 8mm film, with a hazy horizon and no clearly identifiable person in this frame. — The camera holds on the ocean surface and distant horizon.

Soft 8mm view of the Florida ocean and pale sky, with visible grain, dust, and dark gate edges. — A quiet ocean cutaway shows water, sky, and the physical film frame.

Faded 1959 Florida 8mm ocean frame with a soft horizon, muted sea color, scratches, and dust marks. — The final frame remains on the hazy ocean horizon with visible film wear.

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