Florida USA-1952: Pair Of Swimmers Performing A Graceful Aquatic Routine

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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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Pair Of Swimmers Performing A Graceful Aquatic Routine — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures two swimmers performing a graceful aquatic routine underwater. The footage, filmed in Florida, shows the pair moving in synchronized motion against a deep blue backdrop with visible rock formations. The image quality reflects the era’s Super 8 film stock, with characteristic grain, color shifts, and soft focus. The swimmers, wearing dark swimwear, execute a choreographed sequence, their bodies gliding through the water in a serene, nostalgic display of aquatic recreation. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-century leisure and underwater performance.

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: 123332122

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1950s Florida home-movie footage of underwater recreation, synchronized swimming, or mid-century leisure for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century swimwear and underwater filming, with the 1952 Florida setting supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a casual filmed performance as two swimmers move through an underwater routine, likely recorded from a recreational or visitor-shot perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers, dark swimwear, blue-green water, submerged rock formations, soft underwater light, film grain, and a four-frame contact-sheet layout.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, blue-green color drift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, transition, or cutaway for mid-century swimming, leisure, underwater performance, or Florida recreation.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for recreational underwater filming and aquatic performance in a home-movie setting, without identifying a specific pool, spring, venue, or event.
Research note: People are visible but faces are indistinct underwater; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s Florida underwater swimmers, 8mm synchronized swimming, vintage aquatic routine, home movie underwater recreation, and mid-century swim performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida water scenes, then broader 1950s swimming, recreation, and underwater home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two swimmers appear underwater in 1952 Florida footage, moving near submerged rocks in soft blue-green light. — Two swimmers move through an underwater scene beside rock formations.

A swimmer in dark swimwear extends one arm underwater near a pale rock formation, with another figure faintly visible. — A swimmer glides beside underwater rocks in blue-green water.

Two swimmers continue an underwater routine near a large rock formation in soft, grainy 1952 Florida home-movie footage. — Two swimmers appear to perform a coordinated underwater movement.

A swimmer bends or turns underwater near rock formations, with another figure faintly visible in the blue-green background. — A swimmer turns through the water near submerged rocks.

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