Kansas City Missouri-1959: Family At The Beach Swimming In The Ocean

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationKansas City, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Kansas City Missouri

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Family At The Beach Swimming In The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a family enjoying a day at the ocean. Swimmers, including a child, are seen in the turquoise water as gentle waves roll ashore under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly faded palette typical of mid-century home movies. A person's head appears in the foreground in later frames, suggesting a casual, personal perspective. The scene evokes a nostalgic, carefree summer vacation atmosphere, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123141621

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1959 8mm home-movie beach swimming footage for editors needing mid-century family leisure, summer vacation, or ocean recreation inserts.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1950s leisure travel through color 8mm stock, simple swimwear silhouettes, and casual family filming from the waterline.
Home-movie behavior: Unstaged swimmers bob in the surf while the camera holds a loose family viewpoint, with a foreground swimmer entering some frames.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue ocean water, low white waves, distant horizon, swimmers, a foreground head and shoulders, bright sky, and rounded 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, handheld steadiness, gate edges, and exposure shifts that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, vacation cutaway, family recreation insert, or transition into a broader seaside sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents mid-century family recreation in open water without enough visible detail to identify the beach, shoreline, or specific local context.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 8mm family beach swimming, vintage home movie ocean swimmers, and 1950s summer vacation surf footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 cataloged family footage, then broader beach, swimming, ocean, and vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm frame of swimmers in ocean water, with low waves, bright sky, and rounded film-frame edges. — Swimmers float in open ocean water as small waves break behind them.

1959 8mm home-movie frame showing distant swimmers in surf and a foreground person facing the water. — A foreground swimmer looks toward people farther out in the surf.

1959 8mm frame of swimmers in blue-green ocean water, with surf bands and a partial foreground swimmer. — Distant swimmers remain in the water while another swimmer enters the lower edge of frame.

1959 8mm home-movie frame with distant swimmers, white surf, and a foreground swimmer partly crossing the shot. — A swimmer crosses the foreground while others remain farther out near the waves.

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