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A young swimmer in a dark swimsuit prepares to dive from a poolside bench at a backyard swimming pool in Yonkers, New York, 1953. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures the moment they leap backward into the water, creating a large splash. The footage shows the swimmer's body arcing through the air before entering the pool, with metal ladder and chain-link fence visible in the background. The blue-tinted, grainy image evokes a nostalgic, vintage home movie feel from the early 1950s.
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