Florida USA-1952: Two Women Performing Synchronized Swimming Underwater

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Women Performing Synchronized Swimming Underwater — Clip Details

FLORIDA USA-1952: Two young women perform a graceful underwater choreography in a swimming pool, captured on vintage 8mm film. Shot from below, their synchronized movements create a dreamlike, fluid sequence as they glide through the blue water, bubbles rising around them. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic 1950s home movie aesthetic. Their forms are slightly blurred by the water, emphasizing the serene, almost ethereal quality of the scene. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-century recreational activities and the charm of amateur film.

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: 123332150

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 recreation requests needing brief underwater home-movie footage of synchronized swimming or pool play for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century recreational swim culture through underwater pool filming, swimwear silhouettes, and amateur 8mm color rendering, with the 1952 Florida date supported by supplied metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in a candid home-movie view of two young women moving through a pool in coordinated, graceful motions rather than a formal public performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers underwater, blue pool water, bubbles, pale limbs and swimwear shapes, soft reflections, a contact-sheet frame divider, and heavy film-edge darkness.
Film character: The footage has soft underwater focus, blue-green color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that give it a recognizable 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or dreamlike transition for scenes about Florida recreation, swimming, youth leisure, or mid-century home movies.
Historical context: The imagery places synchronized pool movement within private or recreational leisure, but the frames do not identify the pool, participants, or any organized event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed, while no logos, brands, audible music, or identifiable private property are apparent from the supplied frames; copyright and likeness rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1952 Florida 8mm underwater swimming, 1950s synchronized swimmers in pool, vintage home movie pool choreography, or women swimming underwater archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other Florida 1952 swimming or recreation footage, and finally with broader 1950s pool, leisure, and home-movie sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two young women appear underwater in a Florida swimming pool, moving in a coordinated pose in 1952 home-movie footage with blue-green 8mm color shift. — Two swimmers hold a coordinated underwater pose.

Two young women continue a synchronized underwater movement in the pool, their forms softened by water, grain, and the blue tint of the 8mm scan. — Swimmers continue the underwater choreography.

The swimmers are seen from below during the underwater routine, with legs, arms, bubbles, and soft pool reflections visible in the 1952 Florida home-movie frame. — The swimmers pass above the camera underwater.

Two young women appear to turn or descend underwater near the end of the clip, partly obscured by the pool water and the soft 8mm image quality. — Two swimmers turn in the blue water.

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