Florida USA-1952: Woman Removing Diving Mask to Drink Underwater

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Removing Diving Mask to Drink Underwater — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a woman underwater in a purple swimsuit, removing her diving mask to take a sip from a soda bottle. Bubbles rise around her as she floats in the blue-green water, her dark hair fanning out. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of personal 1950s home movies. The scene evokes a sense of playful experimentation and retro leisure, with the woman appearing relaxed and amused. This archival clip offers a unique glimpse into mid-century personal filmmaking and aquatic recreation.

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: 123331887

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: Useful for requests for 1950s Florida home-movie footage of underwater recreation, novelty leisure scenes, or mid-century aquatic play for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The swimsuit style, 8mm home-movie color, and playful underwater setup may show early 1950s leisure filming, with the 1952 Florida setting supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears relaxed and playful as she removes or lifts a diving mask and drinks from a bottle underwater, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a purple swimsuit, a diving mask or snorkel gear, a bottle, rising bubbles, blue-green water, dark hair floating, and soft underwater vegetation or rocks.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, blue-green color shift, and exposure variation that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, playful transition, memory beat, or visual cutaway for mid-century vacation, Florida leisure, underwater novelty, or home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects private recreational filming and experimental underwater posing, without showing a public landmark, identifiable event, or confirmed brand.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, and copyright status is separate from any likeness or location permissions; no readable logo or private property is visible in these frames.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1952 Florida 8mm underwater woman, vintage home movie swimming soda bottle, mid-century underwater leisure, and woman drinking underwater archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida home movies, then related underwater swimming, beach vacation, novelty leisure, or mid-century recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman underwater in a purple swimsuit, with bubbles around her as she handles a mask and bottle. — The woman floats underwater, lifting her mask while holding a bottle in blue-green water.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing a woman underwater in a purple swimsuit raising a bottle near her mouth. — She raises the bottle near her mouth while floating in the water with hair spread behind her.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman in a swimsuit underwater, holding a bottle near her mouth with gear across the foreground. — The woman continues the underwater sip pose, with dark hair floating and gear visible in front.

1952 Florida home-movie frame of a woman underwater in a purple swimsuit appearing to sip from a bottle. — She appears to sip from the bottle underwater as her hair fans out in the blue-green water.

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