Dade County Florida-1955: Swimmer Far from Shore in Dade County

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

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Swimmer Far from Shore in Dade County — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a lone swimmer far from shore in the blue waters of Dade County, Florida. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows gentle waves rolling under an overcast sky, with the swimmer appearing as a small figure in the distance. The frame is bordered by dark film edges, emphasizing its authentic Super 8 home movie quality. This archival clip evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of seaside leisure from mid-century America.

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: 123383151

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 coastal leisure requests needing a brief archival ocean cutaway with a distant swimmer and home-movie texture.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1950s seaside recreation in Dade County, with no visible landmarks or clothing details to further identify the setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, holding on open water and a tiny swimmer far from shore rather than a posed beach scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale blue ocean water, soft rolling surf lines, an overcast horizon, dark 8mm frame edges, film dust, and a small distant swimmer.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, slight fading, soft focus, gate edges, dust specks, and minor exposure variation consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet coastal insert, transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway for mid-century Florida recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private home-movie view of ocean swimming and shoreline leisure without enough visual evidence to identify a specific beach or event.
Research note: A person is visible only as a distant swimmer, so likeness risk appears limited but should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Dade County Florida ocean swimmer, 1950s 8mm beach water, vintage home movie waves, and distant swimmer archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1955 Dade County or Florida coastal clips, then broader 1950s swimming and seaside leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing pale ocean water, low surf lines, and dark vertical film borders. — Open water and gentle surf under an overcast sky, framed by dark 8mm edges.

Faded 8mm frame of Dade County ocean water with a low horizon, rolling waves, and visible gate edges. — Pale blue water and a soft horizon line fill the frame between dark film borders.

1955 Florida coastal home-movie frame showing open water, faint surf bands, soft focus, and visible film dust. — Open water with faint surf bands and aged-film specks across the frame.

Dade County 1955 ocean scene with a tiny distant swimmer near the lower right and soft waves beyond. — A small distant swimmer is visible near the lower right against the pale ocean water.

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