Dade County Florida-1955: Couple Swimming in Ocean at Florida Beach

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

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Couple Swimming in Ocean at Florida Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a man and a woman swimming in the ocean at a Florida beach. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows a man floating in the water, followed by a woman in a dark swimsuit and white swim cap walking into the surf. The scene is framed by the black borders of the film strip, with natural light reflecting off the gentle waves. The footage evokes a nostalgic, mid-century American beach vacation.

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: 123383171

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-vacation requests needing brief home-movie footage of adults entering and swimming in the ocean.
Period detail: The swimsuits, white swim cap, faded 8mm color, and metadata-supported 1955 date place the scene in mid-century beach leisure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation view as a man floats offshore and a woman walks from the sand into shallow surf.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, a man in the water, a woman in a dark swimsuit, a white swim cap, beach sand, wave foam, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges, and slight exposure variation give the scan a clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short beach insert, vacation memory beat, or transition within a sequence about mid-century Florida leisure.
Historical context: The footage shows casual ocean recreation at a Dade County beach without visible landmarks or signs identifying the exact shoreline.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Dade County Florida beach home movie, 1950s ocean swimming, vintage 8mm Florida vacation, and mid-century beachgoers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach scenes, then broader 1950s ocean-swimming home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County beach footage shows a man in the ocean amid soft waves and faded 8mm color. — A man is seen offshore in gentle surf, with the frame divided by dark film borders.

A swimmer appears offshore in a faded 1955 Florida beach home-movie frame with waves behind him. — A distant swimmer remains partly submerged in the ocean as small waves break behind him.

The home-movie frame shows a swimmer low in the shot with broad ocean surf and 8mm gate edges. — A swimmer appears near the bottom of the frame while the ocean fills most of the view.

In 1955 Dade County beach footage, a woman in a dark swimsuit and white cap steps into the ocean surf. — A woman walks from the beach into shallow waves, wearing a dark swimsuit and white swim cap.

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