Florida USA-1952: Underwater Swimming With Fish In Vintage 8mm Home Movie

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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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Underwater Swimming With Fish In Vintage 8mm Home Movie — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a person swimming underwater in a clear blue aquatic environment, surrounded by schools of small fish. The swimmer, wearing a dark swimsuit, moves gracefully through the water, with sunlight filtering from above and creating a dreamy, nostalgic glow. The footage shows natural underwater movement, with visible bubbles and aquatic plants on the seabed, offering a rare glimpse of mid-century recreational diving. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era, evoking a sense of personal memory and historical charm. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1950s leisure and underwater 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: 123331795

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: Supports 1950s Florida archival requests for underwater recreation, fish-filled swimming scenes, and mid-century home-movie inserts.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and swimsuit silhouette may show early 1950s recreational underwater filming rather than organized commercial diving.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer moves informally through the water as fish pass nearby, giving the clip an unstaged vacation or leisure-film quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a submerged swimmer, small fish, blue water, aquatic plants, a bright surface glow, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, saturated blue-green color, visible grain, exposure bloom, and slight frame instability typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief underwater cutaway, memory beat, transition into leisure travel, or visual insert for mid-century recreation.
Historical context: The clip visually places underwater swimming within domestic home-movie culture, emphasizing personal leisure rather than a documented public event.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location-use questions should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1952 Florida 8mm underwater swimming, vintage home movie fish, and 1950s recreational water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1952 Florida water scenes, then broader vintage underwater swimming or aquarium-like home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a submerged swimmer moving through blue-green water as small fish pass nearby. — A swimmer glides underwater among fish in a soft-focus 8mm home-movie frame.

1952 Florida 8mm frame with a swimmer upright underwater near aquatic plants while fish move across the scene. — The swimmer turns upright beneath passing fish and filtered surface light.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing the swimmer from behind, arms raised near underwater plants and small fish. — Viewed from behind, the swimmer moves through plants as fish drift through the water.

Soft 1952 Florida 8mm frame of a swimmer underwater with fish and green aquatic plants in blue light. — Motion blur and grain soften the swimmer as fish and plants fill the underwater scene.

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