Dade County Florida-1955: Man Swimming In The Sea Alone On A Nice Sunny Day And

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

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Man Swimming In The Sea Alone On A Nice Sunny Day And — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a lone swimmer in the ocean off Dade County, Florida. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows a solitary figure wading and swimming in calm waters under an overcast sky. Gentle waves roll toward the shore, and the film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, slight color fading, and natural wear. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of seaside recreation from the mid-20th century.

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: 123383113

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 seaside recreation requests needing brief home-movie ocean swimming footage for documentary inserts, education pieces, or period atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1950s leisure filming through its 8mm color stock, washed coastal palette, simple framing, and absence of modern beach infrastructure in view.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged visitor perspective of one distant swimmer moving in open water while the camera holds from shore or a nearby vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone swimmer, calm ocean, low waves, pale sky, horizon line, film frame edges, dust marks, and contact-sheet divider bands.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, visible dust, and steady but informal home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, coastal transition, or quiet visual insert for mid-century Florida recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual ocean bathing and personal travel filming in Dade County, with the swimmer kept distant and the shoreline context mostly outside the frame.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, music, private property, or identifiable landmarks are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1950s Dade County Florida beach, 8mm ocean swimmer, vintage Miami-area sea recreation, and home movie coastal water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1955 Dade County or Florida beach footage, then with broader mid-century swimming and seaside recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County 8mm frame showing a distant swimmer in calm ocean water under a muted sky. — A lone swimmer is visible far offshore as small waves cross the frame.

Distant swimmer in Dade County ocean water, seen through faded 1950s 8mm color film. — The swimmer appears as a small figure in the open sea below a hazy horizon.

A lone swimmer remains distant in calm Florida ocean water, with faded film color and visible dust. — A solitary swimmer is framed low against gentle surf and a washed sky.

Faded 8mm view of the ocean and horizon in Dade County, with only faint surf detail visible. — The final frame holds on the hazy sea and horizon, with the swimmer no longer clearly visible.

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