Florida USA-1952: Testing My Ability To Stay Under Water Without My Snorkel Gear

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Testing My Ability To Stay Under Water Without My... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a swimmer exploring underwater in Florida. The footage shows a person gliding through clear blue water, surrounded by swaying seaweed and rising bubbles, testing their ability to stay submerged without snorkel gear. The swimmer moves gracefully, arms outstretched, with a snorkel tube visible in some frames. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color shifts, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic 1950s vacation atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic underwater footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123331734

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 underwater swimming footage for documentary inserts about leisure, breath-holding, snorkeling, or vacation water activity.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century amateur vacation filming, with simple swimwear, no visible modern gear, and a snorkel tube appearing in some underwater views.
Home-movie behavior: An adult swimmer appears to practice or play underwater while being filmed at close range, giving the clip unstaged home-movie value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult swimmer, clear blue-green water, seaweed or aquatic plants, rising bubbles, a snorkel tube, bright surface glare, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, heavy grain, blue-green color shift, blown highlights, and contact-sheet borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for underwater leisure, Florida vacation, or mid-century amateur swimming sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually places recreational underwater swimming within a private home-movie setting rather than a staged sports or travel production.
Research note: An identifiable adult face and exposed body are visible, so likeness, privacy, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 Florida 8mm underwater swimmer, vintage home movie snorkeling, breath-holding practice, seaweed bubbles, and mid-century vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida water scenes, then broader vintage swimming, snorkeling, and home-movie vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult swimmer underwater in 1952 Florida home-movie footage, floating near aquatic plants with an arm outstretched. — The swimmer moves underwater beside aquatic plants, framed by the soft borders of the 8mm scan.

Adult swimmer glides underwater in Florida, with a snorkel tube crossing the frame and bubbles rising through blue-green water. — The swimmer floats horizontally as light glare and bubbles wash across the underwater frame.

Adult swimmer appears partly washed out by underwater glare in the 1952 Florida home-movie frame, with bubbles and plants around the body. — Strong underwater highlights partially obscure the swimmer as bubbles and vegetation fill the scene.

Adult swimmer faces the camera underwater in Florida, one arm raised near a snorkel tube amid blue-green water and plant growth. — The swimmer turns toward the camera with an arm lifted, showing a brief visible face underwater.

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