Yonkers New York-1953: Girl Swims Freestyle Through Clear Pool Water

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

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Girl Swims Freestyle Through Clear Pool Water — Clip Details

A young girl in a black bathing suit swims through clear blue pool water in this 1953 8mm home movie footage from Yonkers, New York. Shot from above, the clip captures her smooth freestyle strokes and the ripples created by her movement. The vintage film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic dark borders of 8mm home movie reels. Her dark hair floats as she glides through the water, embodying a carefree summer moment. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreation and youth activity.

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: 123360124

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 1950s 8mm home-movie pool footage for documentaries needing a brief recreation, summer, swimming, or youth activity insert from Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, dark frame borders, modest swimwear, and overhead pool view support a mid-century home-movie setting without visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unstaged, moving through the pool while the camera observes from above like a family recreation moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer in a dark bathing suit, blue pool water, bubbles, ripples, floating dark hair, 8mm frame borders, and soft color shifts.
Film character: The clip carries natural 8mm grain, slight color fading, underwater softness, and intermittent dark borders that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short summer memory beat, recreation cutaway, childhood activity insert, or transition into pool and leisure material.
Historical context: The footage reflects private mid-century recreational swimming as seen through a home-movie camera, with no visible public landmark or organized event.
Research note: A person and partial face are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Researcher searches this may match include 1950s 8mm swimming pool footage, Yonkers home movie swimmer, vintage summer recreation, and pool freestyle cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 home movies, and then broader 1950s pool, summer, and recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing a swimmer in a dark bathing suit gliding through clear blue pool water from an overhead angle. — A swimmer moves through the pool as bubbles and ripples trail around her shoulders and hair.

Overhead 8mm frame from Yonkers, New York, showing the swimmer mostly submerged as water distortion softens her outline. — The swimmer passes under the surface, with hair and legs visible through rippling blue water.

1953 8mm home-movie frame showing the swimmer underwater, partly obscured by reflections and moving pool water. — Reflections shimmer across the swimmer as she continues through the pool.

Final Yonkers pool frame showing the swimmer fading into soft underwater blur beneath the rippled blue surface. — The swimmer becomes softer and more abstract beneath the water as the shot nears its end.

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