Palm Springs California-1953: Vacationers at Tropical Resort Pool

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationPalm Springs, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 California

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Vacationers at Tropical Resort Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage clip captures a tropical vacation scene in Palm Springs, California. Three people—two men in suits and a woman in a light dress—stand by a poolside with bright yellow umbrellas and lush palm trees. The footage features classic mid-century color grading with vibrant greens, reds, and yellows, showcasing a sun-drenched resort atmosphere. The camera pans across the tropical garden, revealing blooming flowers and a distant house, evoking a nostalgic 1950s family vacation. This authentic home movie offers rich archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, and history projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123350513

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1398 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953
Reel-level location note: california
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: Palm Springs, California, 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 Palm Springs resort or vacation sequences needing authentic 8mm color footage of poolside leisure and landscaped grounds.
Period detail: The suits, light dress, yellow patio umbrellas, pool setting, and saturated color may show mid-century resort style in Palm Springs.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal visitor-shot feel, briefly observing adults near the pool before panning across gardens and resort landscaping.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, a curved pool edge, yellow umbrellas, patio chairs, palm trees, flower beds, hedges, and a distant house.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, rich color shifts, and slight handheld movement that signal original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, transition, vacation memory beat, or establishing cutaway for mid-century Southern California leisure.
Historical context: The footage shows a sunlit resort or vacation environment where formal adult clothing contrasts with poolside and tropical landscaping.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 8mm Palm Springs vacation footage, mid-century poolside resort scenes, tropical garden home movies, and vintage California leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel vacation material, then other 1953 Palm Springs clips, then broader mid-century resort, pool, garden, and California travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three adults stand near a curved pool at a Palm Springs vacation setting, with bright yellow umbrellas and patio seating behind them. — Adults pause beside a resort pool with yellow umbrellas in view.

A Palm Springs patio or resort garden area shows yellow umbrellas, palm trees, lounge seating, and deep shadows across the grounds. — Yellow umbrellas and palms line a sunlit patio garden.

A landscaped Palm Springs garden fills the frame with a palm trunk, hedges, and red, white, and pink flowers on 8mm color film. — Palm and flower beds appear during the garden pan.

The garden view continues with flowers, palm trees, thick hedges, and a partial house visible in the Palm Springs vacation footage. — Flower beds and hedges lead toward a partially visible house.

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