Yonkers New York-1953: Girl Swimming Underwater

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

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Girl Swimming Underwater — Clip Details

A young girl swims through crystal blue water in this 8mm home movie from Yonkers, New York, 1953. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip captures her in a dark blue swimsuit, her arms moving rhythmically as she propels herself forward. The water’s turquoise hue and visible film grain lend a nostalgic, authentic feel. The camera remains steady, focusing on her underwater motion and the ripples she creates. This archival footage offers a candid glimpse into mid-century leisure and family life, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123359760

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 swimming or childhood leisure insert for documentary, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and swimsuit scene support a mid-century home-movie context, with Yonkers, New York and 1953 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The child appears to swim naturally for the camera, giving the clip unstaged family-recreation value rather than a formal sports or instruction scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise pool water, a child swimmer, a dark blue swimsuit, surface ripples, splashing, underwater motion, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and contact-print framing that add physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, summer recreation cutaway, childhood insert, or transition within family-life or leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational swimming as a domestic or community leisure activity, without enough visible setting detail to identify the pool or facility.
Research note: A child and face are visible, so likeness and minor-related review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-film permissions.
Research search match: Researcher searches may include 1950s 8mm swimming child, Yonkers New York home movie pool, vintage family swimming footage, and blue-water swimmer.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 family footage, then broader 1950s swimming, summer leisure, and childhood home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A child swims through turquoise water in a dark blue swimsuit, from 1953 Yonkers home-movie footage per clip metadata. — Child swimmer moving across blue pool water near the surface.

The child is partly submerged while swimming through blue water, with motion blur and splashes visible in the 8mm frame. — Swimmer dips forward through the water with bubbles and ripples around the body.

A blurred underwater view shows the child swimmer moving through turquoise water, with the body softened by refraction and film grain. — Underwater motion blurs the swimmer beneath the blue surface.

The swimmer is seen mostly underwater in blue pool water, with the dark swimsuit and legs visible through ripples and 8mm softness. — The swimmer passes underwater as the frame catches ripples and blue film color.

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