Florida USA-1952: Woman Swimming Underwater Wearing Snorkeling Mask

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Woman Swimming Underwater Wearing Snorkeling Mask — Clip Details

A woman in a dark swimsuit swims gracefully underwater in deep blue water, wearing a snorkeling mask and flippers. Bubbles rise from her as she glides through the water, her body arcing in a fluid motion. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1952, captures a serene, vintage underwater scene with natural light filtering through the surface. The grainy texture and color palette reflect classic home movie aesthetics, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century aquatic 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: 123331994

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: 1950s Florida 8mm footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing vintage underwater swimming, snorkeling, or recreational ocean imagery.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century recreational snorkeling, with a simple mask, long fins, dark one-piece swimsuit, and color 8mm home-movie texture as the main era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unstaged as she dives, turns, and glides underwater while bubbles rise around her in a casual home-movie view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman underwater, snorkeling mask, long fins, dark swimsuit, streams of bubbles, blue water, and dim rocky or reef-like background forms.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated blue-green color, uneven exposure, and frame-edge contact-sheet borders that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for vintage Florida leisure, underwater exploration, swimming, or snorkeling sequences.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for mid-century recreational underwater activity without proving a specific site, event, scientific purpose, or organized expedition.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to copyright research; no logos or private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Florida 8mm snorkeling, vintage underwater swimmer, woman with mask and fins, and home movie ocean swimming footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida water scenes, then broader vintage swimming, snorkeling, beach, and underwater home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a woman underwater in a dark swimsuit, snorkeling mask, and fins as bubbles rise through blue water. — A swimmer arcs downward underwater, leaving a plume of bubbles in blue water.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman in mask and fins moving horizontally through deep blue water with bubbles above her. — The swimmer glides across the frame with fins stretched behind her.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing the swimmer rotating underwater, with fins above and bubbles diffusing through blue-green water. — The swimmer turns in the water, her arm extended as bubbles spread upward.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a woman in mask, dark swimsuit, and fins swimming near a vertical stream of bubbles underwater. — A masked swimmer moves beside a bright column of bubbles in the water.

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