Florida USA-1952: Swimmer in Deep Blue Water

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Swimmer in Deep Blue Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a lone swimmer moving through deep blue water, surrounded by rising bubbles and underwater rock formations. The grainy, blue-tinted footage shows a person swimming slowly, with light filtering through the water and creating a dreamy, nostalgic atmosphere. The scene evokes a sense of quiet exploration and the charm of mid-century amateur filmmaking, with natural movement and subtle camera shake typical of handheld Super 8 footage.

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: 123331657

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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Florida, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1950s Florida 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about swimming, underwater recreation, vacation memory, or mid-century amateur travel filming.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1952 visitor-shot underwater scene, with no clear landmarks or clothing details beyond the blue-tinted 8mm look and a distant swimmer.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a lone swimmer moving slowly through deep water while the handheld camera drifts and records bubbles, rocks, and shifting light.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer, rising bubbles, deep blue water, underwater rock or reef forms, soft light, film grain, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The clip has dense blue color, visible grain, soft focus, exposure variation, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, underwater transition, or atmospheric insert between broader Florida travel or swimming scenes.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for mid-century home-movie documentation of leisure swimming without identifying a specific site, event, or public landmark.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s Florida 8mm swimmer, vintage underwater home movie, lone swimmer with bubbles, and mid-century swimming footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Florida 1952 travel scenes, and then with other underwater swimming or vacation-memory clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm underwater footage showing blue water, bubbles, and indistinct rock or reef shapes with a faint swimmer form. — Blue-tinted underwater view with bubbles and soft rock forms around a distant swimmer shape.

1952 Florida underwater 8mm frame with a small swimmer figure moving near rock or reef forms in blue water. — A small swimmer figure appears in blue water near rock or reef shapes and suspended bubbles.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a swimmer silhouette in deep blue water with rock forms and bubbles below. — The swimmer passes through blue water above darker rock forms and scattered bubbles.

1952 Florida underwater home-movie frame with a swimmer moving past textured rock or reef forms in blue-tinted water. — A lone swimmer moves through blue-tinted water beside textured underwater rock or reef forms.

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