Yonkers New York-1953: Boys Competing in Pool Racing Toward Edge with Splashes

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

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Boys Competing in Pool Racing Toward Edge with Splashes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures young boys in swimming suits competing in a pool. The footage shows multiple swimmers using freestyle strokes, creating splashes as they race toward the edge. The scene is set outdoors at a public pool with a concrete deck visible. The blue-tinted color palette and grainy texture reflect the era's home movie aesthetic. The clip offers authentic archival footage of youth recreation and competitive swimming from the early 1950s.

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: 123358607

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for outdoor youth swimming, summer recreation, and pool activity in Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The concrete pool edge, simple swimwear, saturated blue color, and 8mm home-movie texture may show mid-century public-pool recreation without identifying a specific facility.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers appear unstaged as they race, splash, turn, and move toward the pool edge from a casual home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimmers in a blue outdoor pool, splashing water, a concrete deck, pool edging, dark frame borders, and handheld 8mm framing.
Film character: The clip has grain, soft focus, dense shadows, blue-heavy color, and slight exposure variation consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for summer recreation, school-age sports, or mid-century family and community life.
Historical context: The footage documents casual pool recreation and competitive play in a 1950s home-movie context, with social details limited to what is visible in the frame.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and possible minor-status review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing; no logos are apparent in these stills.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm swimming pool footage, Yonkers home movie swimmers, boys swimming race, outdoor public pool, and summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 footage, then broader 1950s swimming, summer recreation, or youth sports material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing swimmers in an outdoor pool, with splashing water and a concrete pool edge in the background. — Swimmers race across the pool as water splashes around their arms and heads.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame with a swimmer partly visible in turbulent pool water during a fast swim or turn. — A swimmer is nearly obscured by spray during a fast movement in the pool.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing two swimmers near the edge of an outdoor pool, one upright and one moving through the water. — Two swimmers approach the pool edge, with one rising upright in the water.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing a swimmer near the pool edge, partially blurred by motion and low exposure. — A swimmer moves through the water near the far side of the pool.

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