Kansas City Missouri-1959: Boys Swimming In The Waves And Enjoying 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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Boys Swimming In The Waves And Enjoying The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures two boys swimming in the ocean near a rocky outcrop. The footage shows them enjoying the waves under a bright sky, with one boy swimming in the foreground and another standing in the water. The scene is framed by the characteristic black borders of an 8mm projector, with visible film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the late 1950s. The blue water contrasts with the dark rocks and white surf, creating a nostalgic slice of mid-century American leisure.

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: 123141636

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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests involving seaside swimming, family travel, youth recreation, and mid-century leisure inserts.
Period detail: The 8mm color, swimwear, and casual beach activity may show late-1950s family vacation footage, though the coastal setting should be verified against the Kansas City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers appear unstaged, moving through surf near rocks as the camera observes from a family or visitor vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue ocean water, white surf, dark rocky outcrop, swimmers in the waves, bright sky, shoreline, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated blue-green color, gate borders, and slight handheld framing that give it clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, vacation cutaway, coastal recreation insert, or transition into family leisure material.
Historical context: The scene documents informal mid-century swimming and beach play, but it does not identify a specific beach, landmark, family, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm beach swimming, vintage home movie ocean waves, boys in surf, rocky shoreline, and family vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel vacation shots, then verified 1959 coastal material, then broader 1950s swimming and family leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm home-movie frame of swimmers in ocean water near a rocky outcrop and breaking surf. — Swimmers move through blue water as waves break against a rocky outcrop.

1959 8mm frame showing swimmers in blue ocean water with dark rocks and white surf in the background. — Swimmers remain in the water while surf breaks along the rocks behind them.

1959 8mm home-movie frame of a swimmer standing near surf with another swimmer partly visible in the foreground. — One swimmer stands waist-deep near the waves as another remains partly submerged in front.

1959 8mm frame with swimmers offshore, a rocky or pebbly beach in front, and waves breaking in the distance. — Small figures float beyond the shoreline with surf rolling behind them.

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