Yonkers New York-1953: Young Men Backstroking in Swim Meet

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

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Young Men Backstroking in Swim Meet — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures young men performing backstroke during a swim meet in Yonkers, New York. Swimmers in dark swim trunks propel themselves through the pool, creating splashes as they move across lanes marked by red dividers. The scene is viewed from the poolside, with the textured deck visible in the foreground. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of a home movie, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American athletic event.

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: 123362639

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 sports, youth athletics, and pool recreation sequences needing real home-movie swim meet footage.
Period detail: The poolside view, lane dividers, dark swim trunks, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century swim meet setting in Yonkers, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal poolside angle as swimmers pass close to the camera during an active backstroke race or practice heat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include backstroke swimmers, splashing pool water, red lane dividers, a textured pool deck, dark frame borders, and distant poolside figures.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and contact-print borders that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, sports cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a mid-century school or community athletics sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows organized pool activity with young male swimmers and lane markers, reflecting visible recreational athletic practice without naming a specific institution.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 Yonkers 8mm swim meet, 1950s backstroke swimmers, vintage pool race, and home movie youth athletics.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Yonkers or 1953 material, then broader 1950s swimming, school sports, or recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing young men swimming backstroke in a pool with splashing water and lane dividers. — Swimmers pass the poolside camera during a backstroke heat.

Young men swim backstroke in a Yonkers pool, with red lane markers and bright splashes visible in the 8mm frame. — Backstroke swimmers move across marked lanes near the pool deck.

Poolside 8mm view of backstroke swimmers in Yonkers, with the textured deck filling the foreground and splashes across the lanes. — A swimmer strokes past the foreground deck during the swim meet.

1953 Yonkers swim meet footage shows a backstroke swimmer close to the pool edge with another swimmer farther up the lane. — A backstroke swimmer reaches the near side of the pool as others continue behind.

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