British Columbia USA-1981: Woman Swimming In A Beautiful Body Of Water With

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationBritish Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 British Columbia

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Woman Swimming In A Beautiful Body Of Water With — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 showing a woman swimming in a serene mountain lake in British Columbia, USA. She wears a white swim cap and moves through the deep blue water, surrounded by large gray rocks and a rocky shoreline. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic 1980s aesthetic, capturing a peaceful moment of outdoor recreation. The shot remains steady, focusing on the swimmer as she glides past the rocks, with lush greenery visible at the water's edge. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into everyday life and leisure from the early 1980s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122878719

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 1795 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: august,VII-8
Reel-level year note: 1981
Reel-level location note: hooper lake, british columbia
Date: 1981 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: British Columbia, 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: Early 1980s 8mm leisure footage for productions needing a quiet outdoor swimming moment in a rocky lake setting.
Period detail: The swim cap, color palette, and 8mm home-movie texture may show an early 1980s family travel or vacation record.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie view of a woman swimming calmly while the camera watches from shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue water, a swimmer in a white cap, pale shoreline rocks, ripples, dark film borders, and small patches of greenery.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, visible frame edges, and steady amateur framing as useful archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for outdoor recreation, travel, lake swimming, or summer leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal personal recreation in a natural rocky waterside setting without enough visual evidence to identify a specific landmark.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright status is separate from appearance clearance.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1981 8mm lake swimming, woman in swim cap, rocky shoreline home movie, and vintage outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other British Columbia or 1981 travel material, then broader lake swimming and summer leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 8mm-style frame of a woman swimming near large pale rocks in a blue body of water, with film borders visible. — A swimmer moves through blue water beside pale shoreline rocks.

The swimmer's capped head appears beyond pale shoreline rocks in a blue lake or coastal inlet setting. — The swimmer passes behind a large rock as ripples fill the frame.

A woman in a white swim cap swims close to pale rocks in blue water, recorded with soft home-movie texture. — A capped swimmer surfaces near the rocks in the blue water.

A steady 8mm frame shows the swimmer moving beside large pale rocks, with blue water filling most of the view. — The swimmer remains close to the rocky shoreline as the shot holds steady.

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