South Dakota USA-1954: Three Women Splashing in Lake Water on a Sunny Day

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

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Three Women Splashing in Lake Water on a Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1954 in South Dakota, showing three women enjoying a sunny day in a lake. The grainy, color-saturated film captures them splashing and laughing in the water, with one woman in a blue swimsuit and another wearing a swim cap. The natural setting features a forested shoreline under a clear sky, evoking a nostalgic, carefree summer atmosphere. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with soft focus and subtle color shifts, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122626311

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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: 1954 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 U.S. home-movie requests needing casual summer lake recreation, women swimming, or family vacation atmosphere in color 8mm footage.
Period detail: The swimsuits, swim cap, handheld color 8mm look, and metadata-supported 1954 South Dakota setting place the scene in mid-1950s leisure footage.
Home-movie behavior: The women appear relaxed and playful, splashing, smiling, adjusting wet hair, and facing the camera as if filmed by a companion from the water or shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three women in lake water, a blue swimsuit, a pale swim cap, a yellow flotation object, rippled water, and a forested shoreline.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, saturated blues, slight color shifts, and handheld framing consistent with scanned mid-century 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, summer recreation cutaway, vacation insert, or transition into mid-century outdoor leisure material.
Historical context: The footage shows informal women’s lake recreation in a natural setting, reflecting private home-movie attention to everyday summer leisure rather than a public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, or music are indicated, but copyright and personal-rights clearance remain separate checks.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s women swimming in lake, 1954 South Dakota home movie, vintage 8mm summer recreation, and swim cap lake footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1954 South Dakota lake scenes, then broader 1950s summer swimming or vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 South Dakota home-movie frame showing two women waist-deep in a lake, one smiling toward the camera while holding wet hair. — Two women wade in a lake with wooded shore visible behind them.

1954 South Dakota frame of a woman in a blue swimsuit standing in lake water and touching her wet hair, with open water behind her. — A woman in a blue swimsuit stands in rippled lake water.

1954 South Dakota home-movie still of a woman in a blue swimsuit chest-deep in lake water, with soft focus and saturated blue tones. — The camera lingers on a woman standing in the lake.

1954 South Dakota frame showing a smiling woman in a pale swim cap beside a yellow flotation object, with wooded hills across the lake. — A woman with a swim cap holds a yellow float in the lake.

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