Atlanta Georgia USA-1951: Synchronized Swimmers Perform at Night

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Georgia

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Synchronized Swimmers Perform at Night — Clip Details

ATLANTA GEORGIA USA-1951: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a nighttime choreographed swimming performance in a dark lake or pool. Swimmers in brightly colored bathing suits—predominantly red and white—glide through the water in synchronized formations, their movements illuminated by a single light source creating dramatic silhouettes against the black water. The grainy, high-contrast image with visible film artifacts and lens flares reflects the authentic 1950s home movie aesthetic. This nostalgic archival clip showcases a unique aquatic recreation, likely a community or school event, preserved in classic Super 8 film style.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122619458

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1951 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: Atlanta, Georgia, 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

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 editorial sequences needing rare nighttime aquatic recreation or synchronized swimming material from a home-movie source.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1950s bathing suits and group swim formations, with the Atlanta 1951 setting supported by supplied metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves a spectator's distant view of swimmers moving through dark water during a community or recreational performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark water, small groups of swimmers, red and white bathing suits, reflected light, heavy shadows, film grain, and frame-edge darkness.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense nighttime exposure, pronounced grain, soft focus, color flare, and contact-print-like frame borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, nocturnal transition, recreation cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century leisure and group performance.
Historical context: The scene suggests organized aquatic recreation or a swimming display, but the exact venue, sponsoring group, and whether it is a lake or pool are not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Search matches include 1951 Atlanta home movie swimming, 8mm nighttime synchronized swimming, dark lake or pool performance, and vintage aquatic recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with Atlanta or Georgia 1951 material, then with broader 1950s swimming, recreation, or nighttime home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Atlanta home-movie frame showing distant swimmers in red and white suits crossing dark water during a nighttime aquatic performance. — Distant swimmers pass through a dark lake or pool, their suits catching the available light.

1951 Atlanta footage shows swimmers in a loose nighttime formation, partly illuminated against nearly black water. — Swimmers hold a loose formation in the water, with red and white suits visible through the dark exposure.

A grainy 1951 Atlanta frame shows multiple swimmers spread across a dark lake or pool during a choreographed nighttime sequence. — Multiple swimmers appear across the frame as the formation shifts in low light.

The closing 1951 Atlanta frame shows swimmers separated in dark water, with only suits and reflections clearly visible. — Scattered swimmers remain visible mainly through bright suit colors and reflected light on the water.

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