Yonkers New York-1953: Man Swimming Backstroke in Pool

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

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Man Swimming Backstroke in Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a man swimming the backstroke in a pool. The swimmer, wearing a dark swim cap, moves through the blue water, creating white splashes with each arm stroke. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading typical of mid-century home movies. The scene evokes a sense of summer leisure and personal memory, with the swimmer’s rhythmic motion and the water’s texture providing a nostalgic, candid moment from a bygone era.

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: 123362757

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s leisure, swimming, pool recreation, or home-movie inserts in documentary, education, museum, or commercial editorial productions.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century pool recreation, with color 8mm texture and simple swimwear visible but no identifiable landmark or public event in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged home-movie view of a swimmer moving through the water, emphasizing everyday summer activity rather than formal competition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimmer in blue pool water, a dark swim cap, raised arms, white splashes, film-frame borders, and soft color fading.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie character through visible grain, slight softness, color fade, gate edges, and uneven exposure across the water.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for themes of summer, recreation, swimming, childhood-adjacent leisure, or 1950s home life.
Historical context: The scene reflects private leisure filmed from close range, but the frames do not confirm the pool setting beyond the visible water and swimmer.
Research note: People are visible but faces are not clearly identifiable, so likeness review may still be needed separate from copyright or location considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm swimming pool home movie, Yonkers New York swimmer, vintage backstroke footage, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 home movies, then broader 1950s swimming, pool, and summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing a swimmer in a pool, seen from behind with one arm lifted through splashing water. — A swimmer moves through blue pool water with one arm raised and splashes surrounding the body.

1953 Yonkers pool footage shows a swimmer wearing a dark cap, arm raised during a backstroke-like movement. — The swimmer advances through churning pool water with a raised arm and visible film-frame borders.

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame with the swimmer low in the pool, partly hidden by bright splashes and soft 8mm grain. — Water splashes across the frame as the swimmer turns or strokes through the pool.

1953 Yonkers pool frame showing the swimmer farther across the water, with a dark cap, visible arm, and trailing splashes. — The swimmer moves across the pool as ripples and white spray fill the surrounding water.

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