Dade County Florida-1955: A Swimmer Moves Through the Ocean Waves

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

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A Swimmer Moves Through the Ocean Waves — 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, slightly faded footage shows a person moving through the water under an overcast sky, with gentle waves rolling in. The image is framed by dark borders, typical of Super 8 home movies, and features natural film artifacts like dust and scratches. The muted blue and gray tones evoke a quiet, nostalgic summer day at the beach.

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: 123383125

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 or ocean-life requests needing a brief home-movie insert of a swimmer in open water.
Period detail: The muted color, 8mm frame edges, soft focus, and metadata-supported 1955 Dade County setting place the scene in midcentury Florida beach footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged shorefront view of a lone swimmer moving through small waves from a distant home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean water, low waves, a faint horizon, overcast sky, a distant swimmer, dark film borders, dust, and scratches.
Film character: Soft exposure, faded blue-gray color, visible grain, gate edges, and surface marks give the scan a tactile 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, coastal transition, or atmospheric insert within a Florida or summer sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a simple recreational ocean scene and may reflect midcentury beachgoing without identifying the swimmer or exact shoreline.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or private property appear in the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 8mm Florida beach footage, Dade County ocean swimmer, vintage home movie waves, and midcentury coastal recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach footage, then broader 1950s ocean and swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County 8mm frame showing soft ocean waves and a faint horizon, with the swimmer barely visible or out of view. — A muted 8mm view of the ocean framed by dark film edges.

A distant swimmer appears in the ocean off Dade County, Florida, with soft waves, overcast light, and visible 8mm film borders. — A lone swimmer is faintly visible beyond small rolling waves.

1955 8mm footage shows a distant swimmer moving through muted blue-gray ocean water near Dade County, Florida. — The swimmer is partly visible amid soft, faded ocean waves.

A distant swimmer moves through small ocean waves in this 1955 Dade County home-movie frame with grain and soft exposure. — The swimmer remains distant as waves roll across the frame.

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