Florida USA-1952: A Lady Swimming Underwater With Fishes

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Lady Swimming Underwater With Fishes — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1952 captures a woman swimming underwater in a natural pool or cave. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows her gliding through the blue-tinted water, her body partially obscured by the murky, greenish-blue light. The rocky, uneven walls of the underwater environment frame the scene, with faint shapes of fish or marine life visible in the distance. The grainy texture and color degradation are characteristic of mid-century home movie film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a personal aquatic adventure.

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: 123332096

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 travel, recreation, underwater swimming, natural-spring, or home-movie sequences needing brief color 8mm aquatic material.
Period detail: The blue-green color, soft 8mm texture, and simple swimsuit silhouette may show mid-century amateur filming of a Florida underwater swim.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unstaged as she glides through murky water, with the camera observing a personal recreational moment rather than a formal performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman swimming underwater, rocky pool or cave walls, blue-green water, faint fish shapes, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie look with grain, color shift, low underwater contrast, and slight instability from amateur handheld filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an underwater insert, Florida recreation cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a mid-century swimming or travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects amateur leisure filming of underwater swimming in Florida, with the setting appearing natural rather than a modern pool.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location-specific permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s Florida 8mm underwater swimming, woman swimming with fish, vintage home movie natural pool, and archival aquatic recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida footage, then broader vintage underwater swimming or natural-spring recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a woman swimming underwater over uneven rock in blue-green water. — A swimmer moves through murky underwater light above rocky formations.

1952 Florida underwater home-movie frame with a woman gliding horizontally near rocky walls. — The swimmer passes through a blue underwater space bordered by rock.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing the swimmer with arms extended in a murky natural underwater setting. — A woman swims with arms extended through the greenish-blue water.

1952 Florida underwater frame where the swimmer is partially obscured by haze and rocky formations. — The swimmer fades into the soft underwater haze near uneven rock.

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