Yonkers New York-1953: Woman Swimming Laps in Pool

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

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Woman Swimming Laps in Pool — Clip Details

A woman in a one-piece bathing suit swims laps in a pool, captured on 8mm film in 1953. The footage shows her from multiple angles—underwater, at the surface, and from behind—as she performs a freestyle stroke. The blue-tinted water and grainy texture reflect the era's home movie aesthetic. Her dark swimsuit contrasts with the pool's light-colored edge, and the film shows natural wear, including scratches and dust. This authentic vintage clip evokes mid-century leisure 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: 123360623

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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests involving swimming, women’s leisure, pool exercise, or mid-century recreational life in Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The one-piece swimsuit, small private or community pool setting, and blue 8mm color rendering support a mid-century leisure scene without visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unposed as she moves through laps, with the camera observing from above and through the water in a casual home-movie manner.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit, blue pool water, a pale pool edge, underwater views, surface ripples, splashes, and film dust.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm look with blue color cast, grain, scratches, dust specks, slight blur, and exposure shifts that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, poolside cutaway, exercise detail, or personal-memory beat within a 1950s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday recreational swimming by a woman in a pool, reflecting private leisure rather than a documented public event.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; copyright status and location/property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 8mm woman swimming pool, 1950s home movie swimmer, Yonkers New York pool footage, and vintage swimming laps.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 material, then broader 1950s swimming, pool, and leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 Yonkers home-movie footage, a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit swims near the edge of a blue pool. — Swimmer moves close to the pool edge in a soft, blue-tinted 8mm frame.

The swimmer is seen from behind beneath the pool surface, her dark swimsuit contrasting with the blue water. — Underwater rear view of the swimmer kicking through the pool.

A woman swims away from the camera at the pool surface, with ripples and dark hair visible in the blue water. — Surface view of the swimmer moving away through rippled pool water.

The swimmer performs a freestyle stroke underwater, one arm stretched ahead as bubbles and motion blur surround her. — Underwater side view of a freestyle stroke in progress.

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