Dade County Florida-1955: Home Movie Footage Showing Swimmer In Pool And Then A

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationDade, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Home Movie Footage Showing Swimmer In Pool And Then A — Clip Details

DADE COUNTY FLORIDA-1955: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a swimmer in a pool, transitioning to a wide shot of the ocean with people swimming and waves breaking. The footage shows the characteristic grain, color fading, and dust of 1950s Super 8 film, with a pinkish tint in the pool scene and a purplish-blue hue over the ocean. The handheld camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century recreation and leisure.

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: 123383080

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 1573 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1955 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: Dade, Florida, 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 Florida leisure requests needing brief home-movie material of pool and ocean swimming for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The metadata supports Dade County, Florida in 1955, while the frames show mid-century color 8mm views of open water, surf, and small swimmers without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged vacation viewpoint, with the camera lingering on water recreation rather than arranging a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean horizon, breaking waves, distant swimmers, open water, a poolside or pale opening in the first frame, film borders, dust, and color shifts.
Film character: The clip has a scanned 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, dust, gate edges, uneven exposure, and pink-to-blue color fading that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short recreation insert, coastal transition, memory beat, or visual bridge from poolside leisure to beach swimming.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary mid-century warm-weather recreation, showing swimming and surf as seen through a family home-movie camera.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, audible music, or private property are apparent in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1955 Dade County Florida home movie, vintage 8mm swimming footage, Florida ocean swimmers, pool-to-beach leisure, and 1950s surf recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1955 Dade County or Florida coastal scenes, and then with broader 1950s leisure or swimming material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing a pale pink poolside or water surface area, dark gate edges, dust, and faded 8mm color. — A faded opening frame shows a pale poolside or water view with strong film borders and visible dust.

1955 Dade County ocean view with a level horizon, breaking waves, faded blue-purple color, and small swimmers visible in the water. — The camera looks out toward the ocean, where surf breaks and small swimmers appear in the distance.

Wide 1955 Dade County home-movie view of ocean water, white surf, and a few distant swimmers under faded blue color. — A wide coastal frame shows open water, low surf, and distant people swimming.

1955 Dade County ocean frame with faded blue water, a white surf band, and a small distant swimmer visible near center right. — A final ocean view holds on the surf and distant swimmer, with faded color and dust from the 8mm scan.

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