Yonkers New York-1953: Woman Swimming in Pool Wearing White Cap

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

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Woman Swimming in Pool Wearing White Cap — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a woman swimming in a pool with clear blue water. The footage, filmed in Yonkers, New York, shows her wearing a dark swimsuit and a white swim cap as she moves through the water. The image has a distinct blue tint and grainy texture characteristic of Super 8 film, with slight motion blur from the swimmer's movement. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreational life and poolside leisure.

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: 123360398

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Yonkers home-movie pool footage suited to documentary or educational edits about recreation, summer leisure, swimming, and mid-century private-life routines.
Period detail: The white swim cap, dark one-piece-style suit, and 8mm home-movie color may show early-1950s recreational swimming, with the 1953 Yonkers setting supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer moves naturally through the pool as if filmed by a nearby family member or friend, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie view of leisure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pool water, a woman swimming, a white swim cap, a dark swimsuit, ripples, pool edge glimpses, film grain, and soft motion blur.
Film character: The clip has saturated blue color, visible grain, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and handheld 8mm softness that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer transition, recreational cutaway, or memory beat in a sequence about mid-century swimming or family leisure.
Historical context: The footage visually situates ordinary pool recreation within a domestic or local leisure setting, without showing identifiable landmarks, brands, or public events.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos, music, or clear private-property identifiers are visible, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm swimming pool, Yonkers New York home movie, woman in swim cap, vintage pool recreation, and mid-century summer leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1953 Yonkers footage, then broader 1950s pool, swimming, summer recreation, and family leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing a woman in a white swim cap and dark swimsuit moving through blue pool water. — A swimmer in a white cap moves across the blue pool water.

1953 Yonkers pool frame with the swimmer partly submerged, white cap visible, and blue-tinted water filling the view. — The swimmer turns or strokes through the water, with her white cap prominent.

1953 Yonkers home-movie still showing a woman in a white swim cap and dark swimsuit swimming close to a pale pool edge. — The swimmer passes near the side of the pool in rippling blue water.

1953 Yonkers frame with the swimmer in a white cap moving through blue water, with the pool edge visible at lower left. — The swimmer continues across the pool as water texture and film grain soften the frame.

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