Florida USA-1952: Woman Drinks Water Underwater in Vintage 8mm Film

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Drinks Water Underwater in Vintage 8mm Film — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a purple swimsuit submerged underwater in a natural spring or clear lake. Her dark hair floats around her as she drinks from a glass, with bubbles rising past her. The scene is bathed in a deep blue-green hue, with aquatic plants visible in the foreground and a rocky, textured backdrop. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, offering a rare glimpse of mid-century underwater recreation. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 123331896

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1950s Florida home-movie footage of underwater recreation, useful for documentary or educational sequences about leisure, springs, and mid-century vacation imagery.
Period detail: The woman's one-piece swimsuit, 8mm color rendering, and staged underwater novelty action may show early-1950s recreational filming in a clear Florida spring or lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the spontaneous feel of a home-movie stunt as a woman sits underwater, lifts a glass, and drinks while bubbles rise around her.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a purple swimsuit, clear blue-green water, floating dark hair, a drinking glass, rising bubbles, aquatic plants, and a rocky underwater backdrop.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, soft focus, blue-green color shifts, and slight contact-frame instability that give it recognizable physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or visual transition for vintage recreation, Florida spring tourism, or unusual home-movie moments.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century leisure filmed as a playful underwater performance, with the camera focused on a single adult swimmer rather than a public event.
Research note: An adult face and likeness are visible, so users should review model-release needs separately from copyright and confirm any location assumptions before sensitive use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Florida 8mm underwater swimmer, woman drinking underwater home movie, vintage spring recreation, and mid-century aquatic leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1952 Florida clips, then related vintage swimming, spring, lake, or underwater recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman in a purple swimsuit underwater near aquatic plants, holding a glass as bubbles rise. — A woman sits underwater near plants and prepares to drink from a glass.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a woman underwater drinking from a glass, with floating hair, bubbles, plants, and blue-green water. — The swimmer drinks from a glass underwater as bubbles rise beside her.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman drinking underwater in a clear spring or lake, seated beside aquatic plants and a textured bottom. — The underwater drinking action continues beside plants and a rocky floor.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing the woman underwater with a glass near her mouth, hair drifting and plants visible in the foreground. — A final underwater view shows the swimmer with the glass near her mouth.

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