California USA-1971: Man Practices Swimming Strokes While Woman Smiles in Pool

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

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Man Practices Swimming Strokes While Woman Smiles in Pool — Clip Details

A man practices freestyle swimming strokes in a backyard pool, captured on vintage 8mm film in 1971. The footage shows him gliding through the water with strong arm movements and a clear head turn for breathing. In one frame, a woman smiles at the camera from the pool, her wet hair clinging to her face. The scene is set in California, with tropical plants visible along the pool edge and a concrete deck. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic home movie imperfections, evoking a nostalgic 1970s summer day.

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: 123055226

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: 1971 California home-movie pool footage suited for documentary or educational edits about leisure, swimming practice, and casual suburban recreation.
Period detail: The backyard pool, concrete coping, planting, and 8mm color stock may show early 1970s California domestic recreation without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer practices strokes while another adult acknowledges the camera, giving the clip an informal family-record perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue swimming pool, adult swimmer, splashing water, pool edge, tropical-looking plants, wet-haired woman, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, cool color shift, visible dust, and uneven exposure that identify it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer recreation cutaway, exercise detail, or memory beat within a 1970s domestic-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents casual adult swimming and poolside leisure in a California home-movie setting, with no visible public event or landmark context.
Research note: People are visible, including a face, so copyright status should be assessed separately from likeness and any location-related permission questions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 California backyard swimming pool, 8mm home movie swimmer, woman smiling in pool, and 1970s recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other California 1971 pool scenes, then broader 1970s swimming and summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 California 8mm frame showing an adult swimmer mid-stroke in a backyard pool, with splashing water and contact-sheet borders. — A swimmer moves through the pool with one arm raised during a freestyle stroke.

1971 California 8mm frame showing an adult swimmer turning his head to breathe during a freestyle stroke in a backyard pool. — The swimmer turns his head at the surface while continuing across the pool.

1971 California 8mm frame showing the swimmer low in the water near the edge of a backyard pool, with plants above the coping. — The swimmer passes near the pool edge as plants appear in the background.

1971 California 8mm frame showing a wet-haired adult woman smiling toward the camera from a backyard swimming pool. — A woman smiles from the pool, facing the home-movie camera.

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