Yonkers New York-1953: Swimmer Gliding Underwater with Freestyle Stroke in Blue Water

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

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Swimmer Gliding Underwater with Freestyle Stroke in Blue... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a swimmer gliding through blue water in Yonkers, New York. The footage shows a person swimming underwater, their body partially visible beneath the surface, with arms extended in a freestyle stroke. The water has a distinct turquoise hue, and the film exhibits natural grain, scratches, and slight blurriness typical of Super 8 home movies. Bubbles and ripples disturb the surface, and the swimmer's dark swimwear is visible. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreation and personal memory.

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: 123360177

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 recreation, swimming, and home-movie memory sequences needing brief underwater pool footage from Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century leisure through 8mm color stock, simple swimwear, and an informal underwater filming angle rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged swimmer moving through blue water, with the camera observing a casual recreational moment from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise water, a swimmer's arm and torso, dark swimwear, bubbles, ripples, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through visible grain, scratches, uneven exposure, slight blur, and color shifts in the blue water.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer recreation cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a family, school, or leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects personal recreation captured on home-movie film, with the swimmer partially obscured by water and surface distortion.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any venue or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1953 8mm swimming, Yonkers home movie pool footage, vintage underwater swimmer, or 1950s recreation footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 material, then broader 1950s swimming, school recreation, or family leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing a swimmer partly obscured under turquoise water with film grain and dark frame edges. — A swimmer is barely visible beneath blue, rippling water in the opening frame.

1953 Yonkers footage shows a swimmer in dark swimwear extending an arm through bright blue water. — The swimmer's arm reaches forward through the water during a freestyle motion.

A partially submerged swimmer appears through rippled turquoise water in this 1953 Yonkers 8mm home-movie frame. — Water distortion obscures the swimmer as they pass close to the camera.

The final frame shows the swimmer moving away through blue water, with dark swimwear and soft 8mm texture visible. — The swimmer drifts toward the edge of frame as ripples spread across the water.

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