Yonkers New York-1953: Girl Swimming in Backyard Pool

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

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Girl Swimming in Backyard Pool — Clip Details

A young girl in a white swim cap and dark swimsuit practices swimming in a backyard pool, captured on 8mm film in 1953. The sequence shows her entering the water, executing a freestyle stroke with visible splashing, and moving through the turquoise water. The footage has a warm, faded color palette typical of vintage home movies, with natural film grain and slight motion blur. A wooden deck and pool edge frame the scene, evoking a nostalgic 1950s American summer. This authentic home movie footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century youth activities.

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: 123363058

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: Supports requests for 1950s American home-movie footage of backyard swimming, youth recreation, pool practice, or suburban summer life for documentary and editorial edits.
Period detail: The swim cap, dark one-piece swimsuit, simple backyard pool edge, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century family recreation in Yonkers, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged family-film feeling as a swimmer practices strokes while the camera watches from poolside across splashing water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a backyard pool, turquoise water, a white swim cap, dark swimsuit, splashing freestyle movement, a pool edge, and a wooden deck area.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, gate edges, and uneven exposure that give the swimming action a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer-memory cutaway, transition between family scenes, or visual beat for youth exercise and leisure.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects domestic leisure and swimming practice in a private or backyard pool setting without establishing broader social claims beyond the home-movie scene.
Research note: People and a likely child are visible, so likeness and minor-related review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and property-rights checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm backyard pool, girl swimming home movie, Yonkers New York family film, vintage swim practice, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Yonkers or 1953 family footage, then broader 1950s swimming, backyard leisure, or summer home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing a swimmer in a white cap and dark swimsuit near the edge of a turquoise backyard pool. — A swimmer waits near the pool edge before moving into practice.

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame of a swimmer in a white cap practicing a stroke amid splashing pool water. — The swimmer begins a stroke with water splashing around the cap and shoulders.

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame with the swimmer mostly hidden by bright splashes during backyard pool practice. — A burst of water partly covers the swimmer during the stroke.

1953 Yonkers home-movie frame showing a swimmer in a dark suit and white cap turning toward the camera in the pool. — The swimmer turns toward the camera while continuing through the water.

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