Yonkers New York-1953: Three Swimmers Doing Freestyle Strokes

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationYonkers, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Three Swimmers Doing Freestyle Strokes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures three swimmers in a pool, executing freestyle strokes with energetic splashes. The footage, likely from Yonkers, New York, shows a young swimmer in a dark cap and swim trunks leading the others through the blue water. The grainy, slightly faded color and soft focus reflect the era’s amateur film quality, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American recreational moment. The camera remains steady, observing the swimmers from the poolside as they move across the frame.

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: 123358575

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
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: Yonkers, New York, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American recreation, school sports, or community swimming sequences needing real 8mm pool footage.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, swim trunks, dark swim cap, and simple outdoor pool setting support a mid-century recreational context.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers appear unstaged as they move through freestyle laps while the camera watches from poolside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pool water, three swimmers, freestyle arm strokes, splashes, lane-like movement, and pool edge details.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, deep blue color shifts, and slight exposure variation give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, sports insert, summer memory beat, or transition within mid-century leisure material.
Historical context: The clip shows organized or informal pool swimming as a visible part of postwar American recreational life without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm swimming pool, Yonkers home movie swimmers, freestyle swimming vintage footage, and mid-century recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 pool scenes, then broader 1950s sports, summer recreation, and youth swimming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing a swimmer in a dark cap moving through a pool with splashes around the arms. — A swimmer cuts across the pool during a freestyle stroke.

1953 Yonkers pool footage shows a swimmer moving away from camera, head low in the water amid bright splashes. — A swimmer advances through the water with splashes trailing behind.

1953 Yonkers frame showing three swimmers in blue pool water, with one closest to camera and two farther back. — Three swimmers share the frame during a pool lap.

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame with swimmers partly obscured by energetic splashes in a blue swimming pool. — Heavy splashing briefly obscures the swimmers in the pool.

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