Yonkers New York-1953: Two Swimmers Compete in Freestyle Race

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

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Two Swimmers Compete in Freestyle Race — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures two young swimmers competing in a pool, executing freestyle strokes with visible effort. The footage shows them moving across the water, creating splashes, with one swimmer in dark trunks and the other in lighter swimwear. The scene is framed with the characteristic grain, color shift, and edge borders of Super 8 film. A poolside railing and faint figures of onlookers appear in the background, suggesting a local swim meet or recreational event. The blue-tinted water and nostalgic quality evoke mid-century American leisure and youth sports.

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: 123362013

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 U.S. recreation or youth sports edits needing brief home-movie footage of competitive pool swimming.
Period detail: The pool railings, simple swimwear, and 8mm color home-movie look may show mid-century local recreation in Yonkers, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes swimmers from poolside as they move across the water, giving the scene an unstaged family or spectator viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers, blue pool water, splashing strokes, poolside railing, faint bystanders, dark film borders, and frame dirt.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, blue color shift, uneven exposure, visible splice-like borders, and small surface marks that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, sports cutaway, summer recreation transition, or memory beat within a mid-century leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage suggests informal or local competitive swimming rather than a formally documented event, with spectators and pool infrastructure in the background.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm swimming pool footage, Yonkers home movie swimmers, vintage freestyle race, and mid-century recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1953 Yonkers material, then broader 1950s swimming, pool, and youth sports scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two swimmers appear mid-stroke in a Yonkers pool, filmed on 8mm home-movie footage from 1953. — Two swimmers move across the pool with splashes visible around their arms.

A swimmer continues freestyle through blue pool water in the 1953 Yonkers home-movie scene. — One swimmer is centered in the lane area as another figure is partly cropped at right.

A swimmer moves toward the camera in blue pool water, with railing and faint figures beyond the pool. — The swimmer is seen from the front as water splashes around the stroke.

A swimmer in lighter swimwear moves through darker blue water near the pool edge in the 1953 footage. — The swimmer extends forward with a trail of splash near the edge of the pool.

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