Florida USA-1952: Two Girls Swimming Underwater in Vintage 8mm Film

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Girls Swimming Underwater in Vintage 8mm Film — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures two young women swimming underwater in a clear blue aquatic environment. One wears a purple one-piece swimsuit and snorkel gear, while the other swims nearby in a lighter-colored suit. Bubbles rise from their breath as they glide through the water, with rocky formations visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from mid-century leisure. The scene suggests a tropical or spring-fed underwater setting, possibly a natural spring or coastal dive site. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into 1950s recreational swimming 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: 123331908

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: Useful for 1950s Florida leisure, underwater recreation, and home-movie sequences needing authentic 8mm footage of women swimming beneath clear water.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century swimwear and recreational snorkel or breathing gear, with the 1952 Florida date supported by supplied metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers move casually through the water, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie feeling rather than a formal sporting or travelogue setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women underwater, swimsuits, rising bubbles, a light-colored breathing hose or snorkel line, blue water, rocky formations, and soft film borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows dense grain, blue-green color shift, soft focus, exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that add physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century swimming, Florida vacation, underwater recreation, or home-movie leisure scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects private recreational swimming and underwater play in a clear aquatic setting, with broader social context limited to what the home-movie scene visibly supports.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately from depicted-person concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1952 Florida 8mm underwater swimming, vintage home movie women snorkeling, mid-century aquatic recreation, and clear spring swimming footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida water scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie swimming or vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman swimming underwater in a purple swimsuit, with blue water, rocks, bubbles, and a pale hose or snorkel line. — A woman swims underwater near rocky formations in blue-green water.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing a woman underwater in a purple swimsuit, with bubbles, rocky formations, and soft 8mm color shift. — The swimmer turns beneath the surface as bubbles rise in the water.

1952 Florida 8mm frame with two women underwater, one in a purple suit at left and another swimming nearby amid bubbles and blue water. — Two swimmers share the frame in a candid underwater home-movie moment.

Final 1952 Florida 8mm contact-sheet frame appears mostly dark, with only faint underwater color and film border detail visible. — The final sampled frame is largely underexposed or obscured on the contact sheet.

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