Yonkers New York-1953: Two Swimmers Racing in Pool

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

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Two Swimmers Racing in Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures two youth swimmers in a pool, one overtaking the other with powerful strokes. The footage shows a swimmer in a dark swimsuit executing a freestyle stroke, creating splashes as they move through the blue water. Another swimmer is visible in the foreground, partially submerged. The scene is framed by the characteristic black borders of an 8mm home movie, with visible film grain and slight color fading typical of mid-century amateur footage. The setting appears to be a public or community pool, with a concrete edge and distant figures on the deck. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and everyday summer activity from the 1950s.

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: 123362319

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: 1950s 8mm home-movie pool footage suited to documentary or educational edits about youth swimming, summer recreation, and everyday community leisure in Yonkers, New York.
Period detail: The concrete pool edge, simple swimwear, saturated blue water, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century public or community pool recreation without identifiable signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged spectator view of swimmers crossing the pool, with splashing strokes and partial figures entering the frame as in casual family filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pool water, two or more swimmers, splashing freestyle strokes, a concrete pool deck, black 8mm frame borders, and distant legs on the deck.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, strong blue color, dark frame edges, slight blur, and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer-memory transition, recreation cutaway, or visual beat for mid-century youth sports and pool activity.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday outdoor swimming and social recreation in a community-pool setting, while the frames do not identify the pool, event, or participants.
Research note: People are visible but not identified, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s 8mm swimming pool, Yonkers home movie swimmers, youth freestyle pool footage, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Yonkers or 1953 home movies, then broader 1950s swimming pool and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing swimmers in a pool, one partly submerged in the foreground and another splashing ahead. — Swimmers cross a blue pool as splashes obscure parts of their bodies.

1953 Yonkers pool footage showing swimmers moving across the water near a concrete edge, with heavy splash and soft 8mm detail. — A swimmer splashes forward while another head and shoulder appear lower in frame.

Home-movie frame from Yonkers in 1953 showing a swimmer overtaking through splashing water, with another swimmer partly visible below. — A swimmer advances through the pool, sending up a large spray of water.

1953 Yonkers 8mm frame with one swimmer lower in the pool and another splashing ahead near the right side of the water. — One swimmer trails below as another splashes ahead near the pool edge.

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