Florida USA-1952: A Woman Swims Underwater As Sea Life Moves Around Her

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Year1952
Decade1950s
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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A Woman Swims Underwater As Sea Life Moves Around Her — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a woman swimming underwater in a blue-tinted, grainy underwater scene. The footage shows her moving through the water with sea life visible around her, including fish and coral formations. The image quality reflects the era's home movie style, with noticeable film grain, color shifts, and a slightly blurry focus. The clip offers a rare glimpse of underwater activity from the early 1950s, evoking a sense of nostalgia and historical curiosity. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or projects exploring mid-century leisure and ocean exploration.

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: 123331694

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: 1952 Florida 8mm underwater home-movie footage for productions needing mid-century swimming, ocean leisure, or sea-life cutaways.
Period detail: The blue-tinted 8mm image and home-movie framing support an early-1950s context, while the underwater setting limits visible period-specific details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged recreational feel as a swimmer moves through the water while the camera observes sea life at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer, blue water, fish-like shapes, coral or rock formations, suspended particles, and soft underwater shadows.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through heavy grain, blue-green color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for mid-century ocean recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects home-movie access to underwater leisure imagery in Florida, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific site or activity.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable here; copyright, likeness, and location-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Florida underwater home movie, 8mm swimmer with sea life, vintage ocean recreation, and blue-tinted coral footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with other 1952 Florida footage, and then with underwater swimming or sea-life home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm underwater frame showing a swimmer in blue water near coral-like formations and suspended particles. — A swimmer moves through a soft, blue underwater scene with sea life and reef-like shapes nearby.

1952 Florida 8mm underwater frame with blue water, reef-like forms, and a pale swimmer or sea-life shape in soft focus. — A pale form passes through the blue underwater frame near textured coral or rock formations.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a blue underwater view with reef-like forms, a thin line, and indistinct sea life. — Reef-like shapes and a thin line appear in a grainy blue underwater view.

1952 Florida 8mm underwater frame with blue water, coral-like forms, a faint swimmer or sea-life shape, and film grain. — A faint form moves through a blue underwater scene with reef-like texture and visible film grain.

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