California USA-1971: People Swimming in Pool

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

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People Swimming in Pool — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA USA-1971: People swimming in a pool, captured on vintage 8mm film. The footage shows two individuals in a blue swimming pool, one performing a freestyle stroke while the other swims on their back. The scene is characterized by the distinct blue tint and grainy texture of 1970s home movie footage, with visible film scratches and dust. The clip concludes with a title card reading 'CUT AT REQUEST' on a red and denim-textured background, typical of amateur film editing of the era. This authentic archival clip evokes nostalgia for 1970s leisure and family life.

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: 123055258

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: Yes
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 education requests about 1970s recreation, leisure, swimming, and family-shot summer activity.
Period detail: The pool scene and printed splice/title card may show amateur 8mm editing practices and casual recreation typical of early 1970s home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged view of two swimmers moving through a backyard or community pool from a casual home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers, blue pool water, splashing arms, film-frame borders, a red and dark textile title card, and white cut-at-request lettering.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, blue-shifted pool color, soft focus, dust, scratches, and uneven exposure that signal original physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short leisure insert, summer memory beat, swimming cutaway, or transition into a sequence about California recreation.
Historical context: The footage offers social context for informal 1970s pool leisure without identifying the swimmers, pool, or exact California setting beyond supplied metadata.
Research note: People and printed lettering are visible, so likeness and possible graphic or brand review should be separate from any copyright assessment of the film scan.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 California pool home movie, 8mm people swimming, 1970s recreational swimming footage, and vintage family leisure film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1971 California clips, then broader 1970s home-movie swimming, pool, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 California home-movie frame showing two swimmers in blue pool water with visible 8mm grain and film dust. — Two swimmers move through a blue pool in a brief home-movie swimming scene.

Home-movie title or editing card with red and dark woven texture and partial white lettering reading CUT AT REQU. — A printed editing card appears with partial cut-at-request text.

Cropped 8mm frame of a red and dark textured title card with partial white cut-at-request lettering. — The title card continues, cropped by the film frame and contact-sheet edge.

Home-movie editing card showing white AT REQUEST text on a red and dark woven-looking background. — The final still shows the request-card lettering more clearly against the textured background.

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