Florida USA-1975: Swimming In The Ocean

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Swimming In The Ocean — Clip Details

A man wades through foamy ocean waves at a Florida beach in 1975, captured on vintage 8mm film. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows him standing in the surf as waves crash around him under a muted sky. The natural, unscripted moment reflects a classic American summer vacation, with the film's characteristic grain and color palette evoking strong nostalgia. This authentic home movie footage offers a glimpse into mid-1970s beach life and 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: 123268522

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s U.S. beach-life requests needing brief authentic home-movie footage of ocean swimming or vacation surf activity.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, simple swimwear, and casual beach setting may show mid-1970s Florida vacation footage as described in the source metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A man wades and waits in the breaking surf, giving the clip an unstaged family-vacation perspective rather than a posed beach scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include foamy ocean waves, a shirtless adult swimmer, muted sky, horizon line, wet surf, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, faded color, visible gate edges, and slight exposure variation across the frames.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for Florida travel, beach recreation, summer vacation, or ocean leisure sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects everyday recreational beach use, showing an adult swimmer in ocean surf without visible crowds, signage, or built surroundings.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should still be reviewed before commercial use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1970s Florida beach home movie, 8mm ocean swimming, vintage surf wading, and American vacation beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel beach or vacation shots, then Florida 1975 material, then broader 1970s ocean, swimming, and family travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Florida 8mm frame showing an adult man wading in foamy ocean surf beneath a muted sky. — A man stands in shallow surf as waves break behind him.

1975 Florida beach frame with a distant adult swimmer among white breaking waves and dark ocean water. — A swimmer is partly obscured by churning surf.

1975 Florida 8mm frame showing a man wading at the left edge of foamy surf as a larger wave rolls behind him. — The man wades near a wide band of whitewater.

1975 Florida beach frame with an adult man walking through shallow surf as a white wave breaks across the background. — A man moves through shallow water while a wave breaks behind him.

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