Yonkers New York-1953: A Boy Swims In The Pools While Doing Butterfly Strokes

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

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A Boy Swims In The Pools While Doing Butterfly Strokes — Clip Details

A young boy swims in a backyard pool, executing butterfly strokes with strong arm movements and splashing water. Shot on 8mm film in 1953, the footage captures the vibrant blue water and natural sunlight reflecting off the surface. The grainy texture and slight color fading are characteristic of vintage home movies. The boy’s dark swimwear contrasts with the turquoise water as he moves through the pool, showcasing a moment of youthful recreation and athletic effort. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century family life and summer activities.

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: 123359328

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 home-movie requests needing a brief pool swimming or summer recreation moment in Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm backyard-pool footage from 1953, with period detail limited mainly to the film stock look and simple outdoor swimming setting.
Home-movie behavior: A swimmer moves through the water with repeated arm strokes, giving the clip an unstaged family-record feel focused on summer activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer, blue pool water, splashing, pool edge, sunlight reflections, dark swimwear, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer-memory cutaway, recreation beat, or transition within mid-century family-life sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually supports domestic leisure and youth swimming themes without identifying the pool owner, family, or broader event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, but copyright and any property or privacy questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s 8mm home movie swimming pool, boy swimming butterfly stroke, Yonkers summer recreation, and vintage family pool footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Yonkers or 1953 material, then broader 1950s swimming, pool, summer, or youth recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing a swimmer moving away through a backyard pool with splashing water and film borders. — A swimmer moves away from the camera through blue pool water near the pool edge.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame of a young swimmer surfacing with arms spread during a stroke in bright pool water. — The swimmer surfaces mid-stroke with one arm extended across the water.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing the swimmer from behind, partly submerged while moving through the pool. — Seen from behind, the swimmer continues across the pool through rippling water.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame of a swimmer partly submerged, with an arm extended and splashes across the pool surface. — The swimmer cuts across the frame with an arm extended beneath splashing water.

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