Florida USA-1952: Two Girls Performing Artistic Underwater Poses

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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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Two Girls Performing Artistic Underwater Poses — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures two young women performing graceful, artistic poses underwater in a clear blue aquatic environment. Their bodies move fluidly through the water, creating elegant silhouettes against the deep blue backdrop, with bubbles rising from their movements. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color shift, and soft focus of mid-century amateur film, offering a rare glimpse of playful, experimental underwater photography. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and wonder, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or artistic storytelling.

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: 123332138

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 home-movie footage useful for archive requests about underwater recreation, amateur filming, and mid-century leisure imagery.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century home-movie experiment in underwater filming, with soft color, simple swimwear silhouettes, and no visible landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the playful, unstaged performance as the swimmers hold graceful underwater poses for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, submerged female figures, light swimwear edges, rising bubbles, soft aquatic shadows, film grain, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, blue-green color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability typical of amateur underwater film scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway for mid-century swimming, leisure, or experimental home photography.
Historical context: The footage suggests recreational underwater posing in Florida, reflecting private leisure and camera play rather than a documented public event.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in these frames, so likeness review may still be needed separate from copyright or source-license checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Florida underwater home movie, women swimming 8mm footage, vintage aquatic poses, and amateur underwater film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Florida 1952 swimming footage, then with broader vintage underwater recreation or home-movie leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a young woman underwater, softly focused as she holds a graceful pose in blue-green water. — A swimmer holds a curved underwater pose in softly lit blue water.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a swimmer suspended underwater, her pale outline visible against blue water and soft shadows. — The swimmer appears suspended in a posed underwater movement.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a swimmer making an artistic underwater pose, softened by grain and blue color shift. — A swimmer forms a bright curved silhouette beneath the water.

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a swimmer farther from the camera, partly obscured by soft underwater haze. — The swimmer recedes into hazy blue water while holding a pose.

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