Florida USA-1952: A Lady Swimming Underwater

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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A Lady Swimming Underwater — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage underwater footage captures a woman gracefully swimming in clear blue water. Her streamlined form glides through the aquatic environment, surrounded by rising bubbles and a rocky underwater landscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a cool blue tint characteristic of early underwater home movies. The sequence shows her in various poses, from streamlined dives to gentle turns, creating a serene and nostalgic aquatic scene. This archival 8mm home movie offers a rare glimpse into mid-century recreational diving and personal filmmaking.

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: 123331963

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 requests needing 1950s Florida recreational swimming or underwater home-movie material for documentary, museum, education, or period-memory sequences.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century color 8mm underwater footage, with swim fins, bare skin, and rocky aquatic surroundings supporting the supplied 1952 Florida context.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unstaged for the camera, moving through dives and turns while bubbles rise around her in a personal recreational setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman underwater, swim fins, rising bubbles, blue water, rocky bottom contours, soft focus, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage has saturated blue color, soft 8mm grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and home-movie framing that give it tactile archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an underwater insert, memory beat, travel cutaway, or transitional image for mid-century leisure and swimming sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects recreational underwater swimming in a personal home-movie context without confirming a specific beach, spring, pool, or event.
Research note: A woman is visible, so likeness rights may need review separately from copyright, while no visible brands, children, or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 Florida underwater swimming, vintage 8mm woman swimmer, mid-century home movie diving, and blue-water recreational footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1952 Florida water or travel footage, then with broader vintage swimming and underwater recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman underwater, angled downward with swim fins as bubbles rise behind her in blue water. — A woman swims downward underwater, framed by bubbles and deep blue water.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a woman underwater in an upright pose with arms lifted and bubbles rising in the surrounding blue water. — The swimmer turns upright underwater with arms extended and bubbles rising above her.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman underwater arcing backward beside a cloud of bubbles in blue water. — The swimmer bends backward underwater beside a drifting plume of bubbles.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a woman underwater curled forward, with swim fins extended and bubbles trailing in blue water. — The swimmer curls forward underwater as bubbles trail behind her body.

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