Yonkers New York-1953: Boys Practicing Swimming In Great Pool Developing The

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

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Boys Practicing Swimming In Great Pool Developing The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures youth swimmers practicing in a public pool in Yonkers, New York. The footage shows boys moving through the water with energetic splashes, their arms cutting through the blue water as they swim laps. Red buoys mark the lanes, and the pool's edge is visible in some frames. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreational sports and community life.

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: 123362960

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 community recreation, youth swimming, public pool, or summer sports sequences in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century public pool scene with red lane buoys, pale blue water, pool edging, and soft 8mm color consistent with the supplied 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged spectator feel, watching swimmers move through choppy water from the poolside rather than from a formal sports-camera setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turbulent pool water, red lane markers, partial swimmers, a pool edge, splashing arms, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, faded color, uneven exposure, gate marks, and brief handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, memory beat, or visual insert for swimming practice, public pools, or summer recreation.
Historical context: The clip offers a small social view of organized pool activity and recreational swimming in Yonkers, without enough visual detail to identify the facility or participants.
Research note: People appear in the water but faces are not clear; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1953 8mm Yonkers swimming pool footage, youth swimming practice, public pool recreation, and vintage home movie sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 pool scenes, then broader 1950s swimming and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers pool footage showing a partly submerged swimmer moving through choppy blue water near red lane markers. — A swimmer moves through turbulent pool water beside red lane buoys.

Yonkers swimming pool scene with turbulent water, red lane markers, and a swimmer mostly obscured by splash. — Heavy splashing fills the pool lane as a swimmer passes through the frame.

1953 home-movie view of a pool lane in Yonkers, with red buoys and a swimmer largely hidden by bright splashing water. — Red buoys mark the lane while a swimmer is mostly hidden by spray.

A swimmer surfaces in a Yonkers pool lane, with one arm visible amid splashes near red lane markers and the pool edge. — A swimmer surfaces with an arm raised amid bright splashes in the lane.

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