Florida USA-1952: Woman in Purple Swimsuit Surfaces for Air

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman in Purple Swimsuit Surfaces for Air — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a woman underwater in a pool or aquarium, likely performing as a mermaid. She wears a purple one-piece swimsuit and holds a long air tube, with a steady stream of bubbles rising from it. Her dark hair floats around her face as she smiles and poses, surrounded by green aquatic plants. The footage has a soft, blue-tinted color palette and natural film grain, evoking a nostalgic 1950s aesthetic. This archival clip offers authentic underwater performance footage for documentaries, retro content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123331862

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 home-movie footage for productions needing a brief underwater aquarium or mermaid-style performer moment with visible breathing tube and bubbles.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century tourist aquarium or underwater performance setting, with a woman in a one-piece swimsuit framed through blue-green 8mm film color.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal visitor-shot view of a performer pausing underwater for air while still smiling and holding her pose for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman underwater, a purple one-piece swimsuit, a long air tube, rising bubbles, floating dark hair, aquatic plants, blue-green water, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, blue-green color shift, mild exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or underwater transition in a sequence about Florida attractions, novelty performances, aquariums, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for staged underwater entertainment and visitor filming practices without identifying the performer, venue, or attraction by name.
Research note: A visible adult face and body require likeness review, while no logos, children, private property, or audible music are evident from the supplied metadata and frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 8mm Florida underwater performer, vintage aquarium mermaid swimmer, woman breathing through air tube, and home movie underwater attraction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida footage, then related aquarium, swimmer, mermaid performance, or mid-century tourist attraction clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman underwater in a purple one-piece swimsuit, holding a long air tube with bubbles rising in blue-green water. — Underwater performer holds an air tube as bubbles rise.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing a smiling woman underwater with a breathing tube, surrounded by blue-green water and aquatic plants. — Smiling underwater performer with breathing tube.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman submerged in blue-green water, holding a vertical air tube while bubbles rise and plants appear nearby. — Performer pauses underwater with air tube upright.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing an underwater woman in a purple swimsuit holding a breathing tube close to her body as bubbles rise above. — Underwater performer gathers the breathing tube close.

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