Yonkers New York-1953: Youth Swimmers Compete in Pool

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

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Youth Swimmers Compete in Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures youth swimmers in action at a pool in Yonkers, New York. The footage shows several children performing freestyle strokes, their arms cutting through the blue water as they compete. The grainy, slightly faded color and visible film scratches lend an authentic retro feel. The swimmer in the foreground wears a dark cap and swimsuit, while others are visible in the background. A pool ladder appears in one frame, confirming the setting. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreational sports and childhood 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: 123361824

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 archival requests needing youth swimming, pool recreation, or school-age sports activity in Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, swim caps, simple pool setting, and 1953 metadata place the scene in mid-century recreational sports footage.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers appear filmed from the poolside as they move through short race-like moments rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pool water, swimmers in lanes or loose formation, swim caps, splashing arms, contact-sheet borders, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has saturated blue water, soft focus, grain, scratches, gate shadows, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief sports insert, childhood recreation cutaway, pool transition, or memory beat in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows organized or informal swimming activity as part of everyday youth recreation in a suburban New York pool setting.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Search matches include 1953 8mm youth swimming, Yonkers pool race, vintage home movie swimmers, and mid-century recreational sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel pool or award scenes, then Yonkers 1953 material, then broader 1950s youth sports and recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers pool footage showing a swimmer moving through blue water with visible 8mm grain and dark frame edges. — A swimmer crosses the pool during the opening moment of the clip.

A swimmer in the Yonkers pool extends an arm during a freestyle stroke in grainy 1953 8mm footage. — A swimmer reaches forward mid-stroke in the pool.

Two swimmers appear side by side in the Yonkers pool, with splashing water and soft 8mm color texture. — Two swimmers churn through the water during the race-like action.

The final frame shows two swimmers continuing through the pool in soft, scratched 1953 8mm home-movie footage. — Two swimmers continue across the pool in the closing frame.

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