Dade County Florida-1955: Couple Wades into Ocean at Beach

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

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Couple Wades into Ocean at Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a couple wading into the ocean at a Florida beach. A woman in a black one-piece swimsuit and white swim cap walks into the surf, followed by a man in dark swim trunks. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows gentle waves lapping the shore under a bright, overcast sky. The handheld camera follows their movement, capturing a candid moment of mid-century seaside recreation. This authentic 8mm home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s leisure and family life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123383187

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 archival requests needing brief Florida beach recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or period lifestyle edits.
Period detail: The black swimwear, white swim cap, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century seaside leisure consistent with the 1955 Dade County metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the camera watches a couple casually wade through small surf rather than posing for a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a white swim cap, a black one-piece swimsuit, a man in dark trunks, pale surf, open seawater, and beach-edge waves.
Film character: The footage carries a home-scanned 8mm look with soft focus, muted color, visible grain, light exposure variation, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century vacation, Florida leisure, or beachgoing sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday recreational beach use by adults in swimwear, with no visible landmarks or public event context in the frames.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed, while no logos, private property, or audible music are indicated by the supplied rights flags.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Florida beach home movie, 8mm couple wading in surf, Dade County seaside recreation, and vintage swimwear footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County or Florida beach material, then broader 1950s vacation and swimwear themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing a woman in a black swimsuit and white swim cap entering the surf as a man waits offshore. — A woman steps into small beach waves while a man stands in the water beyond her.

1955 Dade County beach frame with a woman in a white swim cap and a man in dark trunks standing apart in gentle surf. — The couple stands in the water as foam rolls across the shallow surf.

1955 Dade County 8mm frame showing the couple in waist-deep beach water, softened by grain and muted color. — The man and woman pause in the surf with pale foam moving across the foreground.

1955 Dade County beach frame with the man closer to camera and the woman farther out in the muted ocean water. — The man stands nearer the camera as the woman remains farther out in the surf.

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