Florida USA-1952: Swimming In The Lake And Discovering Hanging Produce

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Swimming In The Lake And Discovering Hanging Produce — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures two figures swimming underwater in a lake, their forms visible through the blue-tinted water. The scene transitions to a sun-dappled tree with large, hanging produce, likely calabash or similar fruit, swaying gently in the breeze. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic summer day. The sequence blends aquatic activity with a quiet moment of nature discovery, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123332169

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 home-movie footage suited to editorial sequences needing lake swimming, underwater recreation, and a nature cutaway in one brief archival clip.
Period detail: The 8mm color, handheld framing, and family-travel subject matter may show early 1950s leisure filming in Florida without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie perspective, moving from swimmers glimpsed underwater to a casual look up into a fruiting tree.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, submerged human figures, bright reflections, leafy branches, hanging gourd-like produce, and sunlit outdoor foliage.
Film character: The scan carries dense 8mm grain, color shifts, soft focus, exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, nature transition, or insert between vacation swimming and rural outdoor discovery scenes.
Historical context: The footage suggests mid-century outdoor recreation and roadside or garden observation in Florida, while the exact site and plant species remain unidentified.
Research note: People are visible underwater, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and any property issues should be cleared separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 Florida 8mm lake swimming, underwater home movie, hanging gourd fruit tree, and 1950s outdoor vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1952 Florida clips, then broader lake swimming, tropical produce, and mid-century family travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing faint swimmers underwater in blue lake water with reflected light near the surface. — Swimmers appear as pale shapes beneath blue lake water.

Soft 8mm underwater frame from the Florida clip, with faint human forms and bright reflections in blue water. — Faint figures and reflections drift in the underwater view.

1952 Florida home-movie frame looking into a leafy tree with large hanging produce in dappled sunlight. — Large hanging produce is seen among sunlit leaves and branches.

Florida 8mm frame showing a sunlit tree canopy with elongated gourd-like produce hanging among leaves. — The camera lingers on hanging fruit or gourds in the tree canopy.

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