Florida USA-1975: Man Swimming In Waves At Beach

$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)

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Man Swimming In Waves At Beach — Clip Details

A man in swim trunks braves the waves at a Florida beach in this 1975 8mm home movie. Shot through a window frame, the footage captures him wading into the churning surf as whitecaps roll in under a cloudy sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic summer day, with the man briefly shielding his eyes before continuing into the water. This authentic slice of Americana offers a candid glimpse into a vintage beach outing.

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: 123268506

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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or education sequences needing authentic Florida beach home-movie footage of surf, wind, and a lone swimmer.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, swim trunks, and metadata-supported 1975 Florida setting place the scene in a mid-1970s beach-vacation context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation moment as a man wades and turns within rough surf, filmed casually from behind a window or frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in swim trunks, choppy ocean waves, white surf, a cloudy sky, dark vertical frame bars, and soft film grain.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and a contact-frame feel typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for vintage Florida travel, beach weather, or family-vacation themes.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual recreational beachgoing in archival home-movie form, with no visible landmarks or event markers beyond the Florida beach setting in metadata.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; likeness review may still be needed, while copyright and any location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1975 Florida beach home movie, 8mm surf waves, vintage swimmer in ocean, and 1970s family vacation beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1975 Florida beach material, then broader vintage surf or vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1975 Florida beach footage, a man is barely visible in rough surf beyond dark window or frame bars. — A swimmer is partly obscured by breaking surf as waves roll under a cloudy sky.

A man in swim trunks stands in the churning ocean at a Florida beach, framed by dark vertical bars in 1975 8mm footage. — The swimmer pauses waist-deep as whitecaps break around him.

The swimmer wades through foamy Florida surf while a breaking wave rises beside him in soft 1975 8mm color footage. — A man moves through the foamy water as a wave crests nearby.

A man remains in the rough Florida surf as white water crosses the foreground and dark frame bars divide the 8mm view. — The swimmer stands against the rolling surf as the ocean horizon stretches behind him.

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