South Dakota USA-1954: People Playing And Swimming In The Water During A Summer Day

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

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People Playing And Swimming In The Water During A Summer Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from South Dakota, USA, in 1954, capturing a joyful summer day by a lake. The clip features a person smiling and laughing in the water, with close-ups of a face and legs splashing. The scene includes a yellow buoy floating nearby and a forested shoreline in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: rich blue water tones, slight grain, and natural color shifts typical of mid-century home movies. The handheld camera captures candid moments of recreation and laughter, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and personal memory from the 1950s.

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 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: 122626364

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s documentary or education edits needing candid 8mm lake recreation in South Dakota with visible swimming and summer leisure.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century swimwear, a lake buoy, and color 8mm home-movie handling consistent with the supplied 1954 date.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie moment of a swimmer laughing, splashing, and playing close to the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, a laughing swimmer, a swim cap, legs splashing upward, a yellow buoy, and a wooded shoreline.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, grain, color shifts, and uneven exposure give the footage the texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short summer-memory insert, family recreation cutaway, or transition into a sequence about lakeside leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents informal outdoor recreation at a South Dakota lake, with no visible landmarks or public event context in the sampled frames.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so copyright status should be assessed separately from likeness or privacy review before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1954 South Dakota 8mm swimming, vintage lake recreation, 1950s summer home movie, and people playing in water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other South Dakota 1954 clips, then broader 1950s swimming or lake recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1954 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a swimmer close to the camera in lake water, with motion blur and dark film borders. — Blurred close-up of a swimmer at the lake surface.

Close 8mm frame from the South Dakota lake scene showing a swimmer's face above the water, softened by focus and film color shift. — Soft close-up of a swimmer facing the camera.

1954 South Dakota lake frame showing legs splashing upward from the water, with a yellow buoy and forested shoreline in the background. — Legs splash above the lake near a yellow buoy.

1954 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a laughing swimmer in lake water, with a yellow buoy and tree-lined shoreline behind them. — A swimmer laughs while standing in the lake.

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