California USA-1971: A Man Swimming In A Pool With Only His Head Sticking Out

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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A Man Swimming In A Pool With Only His Head Sticking Out — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1971 captures a sunny backyard pool party in California. A man swims in the pool, his head visible above the water as he smiles at the camera. In the background, a group of adults relax under a blue and white patio umbrella, surrounded by lush green trees. The footage shows classic 8mm film grain, slight blurriness, and natural color fading, evoking a nostalgic, candid summer memory.

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, 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: 123055143

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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: California, 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: Useful for 1970s California home-movie requests needing a brief backyard pool-party moment with adults swimming and socializing outdoors.
Period detail: The scene may show early-1970s leisure details in the patio umbrella, casual summer clothing, blue pool water, and faded 8mm color rendering.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-pool moment as a swimmer turns toward the camera while adults gather casually in the shaded yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a backyard swimming pool, a man's head above the water, adults seated near a patio umbrella, trees, lawn, pool coping, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, slight color fading, and handheld home-movie framing that add period texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short summer-memory insert, family-leisure cutaway, or transition beat within a 1970s domestic-life sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents informal outdoor recreation in a California backyard setting without supporting any specific public event or named location.
Research note: People and recognizable faces appear, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any property-use assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 California 8mm pool party, vintage home movie swimming pool, 1970s backyard leisure, and man swimming in pool.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family footage, then other 1971 California outdoor scenes, then broader 1970s swimming-pool or summer-gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 California 8mm frame showing adults gathered beside a backyard swimming pool under a patio umbrella. — Adults relax beside the pool during an outdoor backyard gathering.

1971 California home-movie frame with a swimmer's head above the pool and seated adults beyond the water. — A swimmer faces away from the camera in the backyard pool.

Soft 8mm frame from a 1971 California backyard pool scene, with a swimmer in the foreground and adults behind. — The swimmer remains low in the water as the background drifts out of focus.

1971 California 8mm frame showing a smiling man in the pool with a relaxed backyard gathering behind him. — A man smiles toward the camera while swimming near the pool edge.

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