Yonkers New York-1953: Young Girl Swimming The Butterfly Style

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

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Young Girl Swimming The Butterfly Style — Clip Details

A young girl swims the butterfly stroke in a pool, captured on vintage 8mm film in 1953. The footage shows her powerful arm movements and undulating body beneath the water's surface, with bubbles and ripples surrounding her. Shot in Yonkers, New York, the clip features the characteristic blue tint and grain of 8mm home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century youth recreation and swimming sports. The image quality reflects the era's amateur film technology, with visible grain and slight motion blur.

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: 123359108

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: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing youth swimming, pool recreation, or amateur sports practice in a mid-century setting.
Period detail: The blue pool water, simple swimwear, soft focus, and 8mm color grain may show a 1953 home-movie view of recreational swimming in Yonkers, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as the swimmer moves through the pool while the camera holds close on effort, splash, and motion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer in dark swimwear, blue pool water, butterfly-style arm movement, bubbles, ripples, surface glare, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, soft motion blur, blue color cast, uneven exposure, and slight frame-edge darkness typical of amateur color film scans.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, sports cutaway, recreation transition, or memory beat within a sequence about youth, swimming, or summer activity.
Historical context: The scene documents mid-century leisure and athletic practice through a private-film view, focused on pool movement rather than a formal event or identifiable venue.
Research note: People and a likely young swimmer are visible, so likeness and minor-related review may be needed in addition to separate copyright or archive-license checks.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s 8mm swimming pool, young swimmer butterfly stroke, Yonkers home movie, vintage youth sports, and mid-century recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 pool footage, then broader 1950s youth swimming, summer recreation, or amateur sports material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing a young swimmer moving through blue pool water with one arm extended and bubbles around the body. — A swimmer moves face-down through the pool as the butterfly stroke begins.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame with the swimmer mostly obscured by blue water, splash, and bubbles during a forceful stroke. — Splash and bubbles cover much of the swimmer during the stroke.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing the young swimmer closer to camera, face blurred by motion and water while arms move through the pool. — The swimmer comes closer to camera, with face and arms blurred by motion and water.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing the swimmer face-down with arms spread wide across blue water during a butterfly-style movement. — The swimmer extends both arms wide across the water during the stroke.

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