Yonkers New York-1953: Woman Swimming Underwater

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

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Woman Swimming Underwater — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a woman swimming underwater in a pool, her arms extended in a freestyle stroke. The footage has a distinct blue tint and grainy texture characteristic of Super 8 film from the era. The swimmer, wearing a dark swimsuit, moves through the water with fluid motion, creating ripples and bubbles. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgic leisure and personal memory, preserved in classic 1950s home movie style.

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: 123359549

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 leisure, swimming, or pool-life insert from 8mm footage.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century recreational swimming, with the 1953 Yonkers metadata and 8mm source providing the main period context.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer is filmed informally underwater or near the surface, giving the scene the casual observation of a family home movie.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pool water, a swimmer in a dark suit, outstretched arms, bubbles, ripples, soft focus, and contact-print frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense blue color cast, visible grain, soft exposure, and gate-edge darkness typical of small-gauge archival home-movie scans.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, leisure cutaway, or transitional insert for mid-century family recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects private recreational swimming as preserved in home-movie footage, without visible landmarks or identifying public context.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed, while copyright and any location or property permissions should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm swimming pool home movie, woman swimming underwater, Yonkers New York family footage, and vintage pool leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1953 Yonkers material, and then with other 1950s swimming or family recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing a swimmer partly obscured in blue pool water with ripples and soft grain. — A swimmer moves through blue pool water, partly hidden by blur and frame edge.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame of a swimmer in a dark swimsuit moving through blue pool water with arms stretched ahead. — The swimmer extends both arms while moving through the pool.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame showing a swimmer gliding through the pool with one arm extended and water rippling around her. — A swimmer glides across the frame with an arm stretched forward.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame of a swimmer partly submerged in blue pool water, with motion blur, bubbles, and dark frame edges. — The swimmer dips through the water as bubbles and ripples trail behind.

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