Yonkers New York-1953: Four Swimmers Race Each Other To The Opposite Side Of A Pool

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

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Four Swimmers Race Each Other To The Opposite Side Of A Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures four young swimmers racing across a pool in Yonkers, New York. The grainy, blue-tinted footage shows the swimmers in mid-stroke, creating splashes as they propel themselves toward the opposite side. The pool's edge and a simple deck with benches are visible in the background, evoking a classic American recreational scene. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic feel, with natural motion and the characteristic imperfections of mid-century home movie film.

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: 123361574

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 American recreation, youth swimming, pool-race, summer leisure, or home-movie sports sequences needing authentic 8mm material.
Period detail: The outdoor pool, simple deck benches, swim caps or dark hair, and blue 8mm color cast may show a mid-century municipal or school recreation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged spectator view of swimmers racing across the pool, with attention on motion, splashes, and informal competition rather than posed faces.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four swimmers, lane-free pool water, pool edge, deck benches, columns or building supports, splash trails, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage has strong 8mm grain, blue-green color shift, soft focus, exposure fluctuation, and contact-frame borders that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, memory beat, sports cutaway, summer recreation transition, or visual bridge in a mid-century community-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects organized or informal pool recreation in Yonkers in 1953, with swimmers moving together across an open pool without visible lane markings.
Research note: People are visible but not individually identifiable from these frames; copyright, likeness, and any pool-site permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1953 Yonkers swimming pool race, 1950s 8mm home movie swimmers, vintage youth swim meet, or mid-century public pool recreation may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Yonkers or 1953 material, then broader 1950s swimming, summer recreation, or amateur sports scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Yonkers, New York, 1953 home-movie footage, four swimmers race across a blue outdoor pool with benches and deck structures in the background. — Four swimmers cross the pool as splashes trail behind them.

The swimmers continue across the Yonkers pool in 1953, seen in soft 8mm color with splashes spreading across the water surface. — Swimmers advance through the pool in a close race.

A 1953 Yonkers pool race continues, with swimmers low in the water and splashes filling the foreground of the 8mm frame. — The race continues with swimmers spread across the pool.

By the end of the 1953 Yonkers clip, swimmers near the opposite side of the outdoor pool while the deck and background structures remain visible. — Swimmers near the opposite side of the pool at the end of the race.

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