Yonkers New York-1953: Swimmer in Black Shorts Performing Butterfly Stroke

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

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Swimmer in Black Shorts Performing Butterfly Stroke — Clip Details

A young swimmer in black shorts performs the butterfly stroke in a sunlit pool, captured on 8mm film in 1953. The footage shows the swimmer's rhythmic arm movements and splashing water, with a grainy, blue-tinted color palette characteristic of vintage home movies. The scene evokes a nostalgic summer day, with the swimmer moving steadily across the pool under bright sunlight. The film's natural grain and slight color fading enhance its authentic 1950s home movie aesthetic.

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: 123358634

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: Useful for 1950s recreation, school athletics, swimming instruction, or summer leisure sequences needing authentic 8mm pool footage from Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century pool recreation, with simple swim trunks, bright outdoor water, and color 8mm home-movie texture supporting the 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer is filmed in an unstaged observational manner while moving across the pool, emphasizing everyday athletic practice rather than a formal competition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer in dark shorts, blue pool water, splashing from a butterfly stroke, lane-free open water, sun glare, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, blue-green color shift, soft focus, and uneven exposure that give the scan a recognizable 1950s home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or recreation cutaway for youth swimming, summer activity, or mid-century suburban leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual pool use and athletic movement in a home-movie context without visible signage, spectators, or competition markers in the frames.
Research note: A person is visible and a face appears briefly, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or obvious private-property identifiers are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 Yonkers 8mm swimming pool footage, butterfly stroke home movie, vintage youth sports, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Yonkers 1953 pool or recreation footage, then broader 1950s swimming and summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 Yonkers home-movie footage, a swimmer in dark shorts moves through a sunlit pool with splashing water. — A swimmer crosses the pool as water splashes around the stroke.

The swimmer appears elongated in the pool during a butterfly stroke in the Yonkers, New York 1953 8mm footage. — The swimmer extends forward through the pool during the stroke.

A swimmer in dark shorts moves across the blue pool, with spray and ripples visible in the 1953 home-movie frame. — Water spray trails the swimmer as the stroke continues.

The swimmer's face and upper body briefly rise above the pool surface in the Yonkers 1953 swimming footage. — The swimmer surfaces mid-stroke, with the face briefly visible.

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