Yonkers New York-1953: Youth Swimmers Performing Backstroke

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

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Youth Swimmers Performing Backstroke — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a group of youth swimmers competing in a pool. Swimmers perform the backstroke with visible effort, creating splashes and ripples across the water. Red lane dividers stretch across the pool, and the footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, grainy texture. The scene is energetic and dynamic, showcasing a classic moment of recreational sports from the 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Slow motion
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123362518

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 Yonkers swimming pool footage suited to documentary or educational edits about youth recreation, amateur sports, or mid-century summer activity.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century organized pool swim, with red lane dividers, outdoor light, and 8mm color home-movie texture supporting the 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers appear focused on backstroke laps rather than posing, giving the clip unstaged value as observed recreational or school-age athletic activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimmers on their backs, raised arms, splashing water, red lane dividers, turquoise pool water, and the pool deck edge.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, faded color, mild exposure variation, and contact-print frame borders that emphasize its physical home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief sports insert, summer recreation cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a sequence on mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows organized pool swimming as a social and athletic activity, without enough visual evidence to identify the event, school, or participants.
Research note: People are visible and some faces may be briefly identifiable, so likeness and context review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm swimming pool, Yonkers New York backstroke, youth swimmers home movie, and vintage recreational sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1953 Yonkers material, then broader 1950s swimming, pool, and youth sports footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers pool footage shows a swimmer on their back with one arm raised during a backstroke lap amid splashing water. — A swimmer performs backstroke in a lane-marked pool as water splashes around the face and raised arm.

1953 Yonkers pool footage shows backstroke swimmers partly obscured by spray, with red lane dividers visible across the water. — Backstroke swimmers churn the pool surface, with arms and splashes visible between red lane dividers.

1953 Yonkers pool footage shows a swimmer moving on their back near the pool deck, with another swimmer partly visible beyond the lane. — A swimmer continues a backstroke lap near the pool edge while water ripples across the lane.

1953 Yonkers pool footage shows a swimmer completing a backstroke motion near the deck, with another swimmer faintly visible in the lane. — A swimmer splashes through a backstroke stroke beside the pool deck as the lane water churns.

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