New Mexico USA-1953: Woman Relaxing By Modest Family Pool In Summer At Nice Home

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationNew Mexico, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 New Mexico

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Woman Relaxing By Modest Family Pool In Summer At Nice Home — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a serene summer afternoon at a modest family home in New Mexico. A woman in a light-colored dress relaxes in a yellow patterned lounge chair beside a small pool, while others lounge under a large blue umbrella. The scene features a tiled-roof house, lush green lawn, palm trees, and classic mid-century lawn furniture, all rendered with the warm color palette and film grain characteristic of 8mm home movies. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American leisure.

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: 123347962

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 1929 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: ranch shearing,mrs gt watts,
Reel-level year note: 1953
Reel-level location note: roswell new mexico
Date: 1953 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: New Mexico, 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 U.S. home-life requests needing family leisure, backyard pool culture, or summer domestic cutaways from real 8mm footage.
Period detail: Visible era clues include metal-framed lawn chairs, a blue patio umbrella, a modest tiled-roof house, and the color/grain profile of mid-century 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged posture of adults lounging beside a small pool while the camera observes from a family-home vantage point.
What appears in frame: The frames show a swimming pool, concrete deck, green lawn, yellow lounge chairs, a blue umbrella, palm trees, and a light-colored house with shutters.
Film character: The scan has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, and gentle exposure variation consistent with home-movie reversal film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, domestic leisure insert, summer transition, or mid-century family-affluence cutaway.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for private outdoor recreation and suburban-style domestic comfort in 1950s New Mexico without identifying the family or address.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property permissions should be evaluated separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 New Mexico 8mm home movie, 1950s backyard pool, mid-century family leisure, summer lawn chairs, and vintage domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1953 New Mexico home scenes, then broader 1950s poolside or summer family leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 New Mexico 8mm frame showing adults relaxing by a family pool, with a yellow lounge chair, blue umbrella, green lawn, and tiled-roof house. — Adults relax around a small backyard pool at a mid-century family home.

1953 New Mexico home-movie frame of a backyard pool area, with adults seated on lawn furniture near a blue umbrella and a woman reclining at frame right. — Poolside seating and a blue umbrella frame a quiet summer lawn scene.

1953 New Mexico 8mm frame with the pool more prominent in foreground, adults relaxing on lawn chairs, and a tiled-roof house behind trees. — The camera holds on the pool, lawn furniture, and adults resting in the yard.

1953 New Mexico home-movie frame showing a small pool, clipped lawn, blue umbrella, yellow chairs, and adults relaxing near a modest home. — A wider poolside view shows adults lounging beside a family home.

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