Dade County Florida-1955: People Swimming And Standing In Ocean Near Small Waves

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

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People Swimming And Standing In Ocean Near Small Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene ocean scene from Dade County, Florida. Viewed through a dark frame, likely a window or balcony, the footage shows gentle waves rolling onto the shore under a muted sky. A lone swimmer appears in the water, moving through the surf, while another figure is briefly visible further out. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film imperfections evoke a nostalgic, authentic mid-century beach atmosphere. This archival clip offers a quiet moment of seaside recreation, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123383098

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 beach recreation requests needing real home-movie ocean footage as a quiet coastal insert or atmosphere shot.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, soft exposure, and distant swimmers may show mid-1950s seaside leisure without visible landmarks or fashion detail.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observer view from behind a dark frame, watching people wade or swim in small surf at a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open ocean, low waves, muted sky, distant swimmers, a dark vertical frame, and film edge shadowing.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm home-movie texture with faded color, dust specks, soft focus, and slight exposure variation.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a beach cutaway, memory beat, transition, or establishing detail for mid-century Florida leisure.
Historical context: The footage places ordinary ocean recreation in a residential or visitor-shot coastal setting, with no identifiable landmark visible in the frames.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and any location context should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1950s 8mm Florida beach, Dade County ocean swimmers, vintage home movie surf, and mid-century seaside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County or Florida beach footage, then broader 1950s swimming and ocean recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County 8mm view of low ocean waves and muted sky seen through a dark foreground frame. — Ocean surf and horizon viewed from behind a dark frame.

Faded 8mm coastal view in Dade County, Florida, showing small waves breaking offshore with no clear faces visible. — Low waves break across the ocean surface in a distant beach view.

1955 Dade County beach footage with two distant figures in shallow ocean water near small breaking waves. — Distant swimmers or waders appear near the surf line.

Faded 8mm Dade County ocean view with low surf and a distant dark shape that may be a swimmer or object in the water. — A distant dark shape appears near the small breaking waves.

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