South Dakota USA-1954: Women Swimming Practicing Underwater Handstand

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 South Dakota

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Women Swimming Practicing Underwater Handstand — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from South Dakota, USA, in 1954, showing two women in a lake. One woman wears a light-colored swim cap and a dark swimsuit, practicing an underwater handstand while another woman in a blue cap watches and assists. The scene includes a yellow buoy and a white rope, with dark trees in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, candid feel, capturing a moment of playful aquatic activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 122626260

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: 1954 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: South Dakota, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1950s South Dakota home-movie footage of women swimming, lake recreation, and informal aquatic play for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The swim caps, dark one-piece swimsuits, roped swim area, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-1950s recreational lake swimming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of two women practicing and assisting an underwater handstand in shallow lake water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, swim caps, dark swimsuits, blue lake water, a white swim rope, splashing, distant trees, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld home-movie framing that add period texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, or recreational cutaway within sequences about summer, lakes, women, or 1950s leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows casual outdoor swimming in a marked lake area, with women helping each other rather than posing formally for the camera.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1954 South Dakota lake swimming, 1950s women swim caps, vintage 8mm home movie water recreation, and underwater handstand practice.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other South Dakota 1954 lake scenes, then broader 1950s swimming or summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 South Dakota home-movie frame of two women in swim caps in a roped lake swimming area, one partly submerged and splashing. — Two women swim in a roped lake area as one begins an underwater handstand attempt.

1954 South Dakota lake scene with one woman upside down in the water while another woman in a light swim cap steadies her nearby. — A swimmer raises her legs for an underwater handstand while another woman assists in shallow water.

1954 South Dakota home-movie frame showing a woman in a light swim cap and dark swimsuit standing after a splash in the roped lake area. — A swimmer surfaces amid ripples and splashing water inside the roped swimming area.

1954 South Dakota lake frame where a woman in a light cap helps adjust the blue cap of another swimmer in the water. — One swimmer helps adjust the other's cap during a quiet pause in the lake.

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