Florida USA-1975: A Person Bobbing In Shallow Ocean Waves

$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.

Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

A Person Bobbing In Shallow Ocean Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a person bobbing in the shallow waves of the ocean, viewed through the dark frame of a window or doorway. The swimmer, wearing a light-colored cap or hat, floats calmly as gentle waves roll toward the shore. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality. The scene evokes a quiet, personal moment of summer relaxation at a Florida beach, with the natural rhythm of the waves providing a peaceful backdrop.

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: 123266972

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: 1975 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: Florida, 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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Florida home-movie requests needing a quiet beach swimming cutaway or ocean recreation insert.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, faded palette, and window-or-doorway framing support a mid-1970s home-movie beach scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of a swimmer bobbing calmly in shallow surf from behind a dark foreground frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling ocean water, white surf, a distant swimmer in a light cap, horizon line, beach shallows, and dark vertical foreground edges.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft exposure, slight color fading, gate-edge darkness, and a steady home-movie view that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a beach cutaway, reflective memory beat, summer transition, or quiet insert between family vacation scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary coastal leisure in home-movie form, with no visible landmarks or identifiers beyond the Florida beach metadata.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1975 Florida 8mm beach swimmer, vintage home movie ocean waves, and 1970s shallow surf recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Florida 1975 beach material, then broader 1970s swimming or ocean-wave home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Florida 8mm frame showing a distant swimmer in shallow ocean waves, viewed through dark vertical foreground framing. — A swimmer bobs in the surf beyond a dark window or doorway edge.

A distant swimmer appears in rolling Florida surf in this soft, grainy 1975 8mm home-movie frame. — The swimmer remains partly submerged as a small wave rises behind them.

1975 Florida beach footage shows a person bobbing nearer the shore in shallow, softly focused ocean water. — A person treads or floats in the shallows as low surf breaks near shore.

A wide 1975 Florida 8mm view shows the ocean horizon and a small swimmer low in the frame amid gentle waves. — The view opens to the horizon while the swimmer appears small against the water.

Visually Similar Clips