Florida USA-1952: Woman Wearing Swimwear Inserts Air Tube Into Mouth Underwater

Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Wearing Swimwear Inserts Air Tube Into Mouth... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a woman underwater in a clear spring or grotto, wearing a light-colored swimsuit. She holds an air tube to her mouth, breathing as fish swim around her. The scene is bathed in blue and green hues, with sunlight filtering through the water and illuminating aquatic plants. Her dark hair floats freely as she smiles at the camera, creating a nostalgic and serene underwater moment. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading typical of 1950s Super 8 home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123331777

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Florida, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: 1950s Florida color 8mm footage for productions needing underwater recreation, spring swimming, or vintage leisure inserts with a visible adult woman.
Period detail: The light swimsuit, handheld 8mm framing, and saturated blue-green color may show mid-century tourist or home-movie underwater filming in a Florida spring setting.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears comfortable and playful, looking toward the camera while using an air tube as fish pass through the frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult woman in swimwear, a breathing tube, clear spring water, fish, aquatic plants, sunlight, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, underwater blur, and contact-print framing that give it strong physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief underwater insert, leisure cutaway, memory beat, or transition within stories about Florida springs, swimming, tourism, or 1950s recreation.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests recreational underwater filming at a clear spring, with an adult swimmer interacting with the camera rather than a staged commercial scene.
Research note: An adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1952 Florida 8mm underwater swimmer, woman breathing through air tube, vintage spring recreation, and fish in clear water home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Florida 1952 spring or swimming footage, then broader 1950s underwater recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of an adult woman underwater in swimwear, holding an air tube as fish and plants appear around her. — Woman underwater with an air tube in a clear spring setting.

Adult woman in 1952 Florida underwater footage uses an air tube while fish pass through blue-green spring water. — Swimmer breathes through a tube as fish move nearby.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing an adult woman swimming underwater, with floating hair, fish, and spring vegetation visible. — Underwater swimmer moves past fish and aquatic plants.

Adult woman in a 1952 Florida underwater 8mm frame smiles toward the camera near a curved breathing tube and fish. — Smiling swimmer faces the camera with the air tube nearby.

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