Dade County Florida-1955: Man and Woman Wade in Ocean

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

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Man and Woman Wade in Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a man and a woman wading in the ocean at the shore in Dade County, Florida. The man, wearing dark swim trunks, walks through the shallow water while the woman, in a light-colored swimsuit, stands further out. The footage shows natural wave action and the grainy, slightly faded color palette characteristic of mid-century home movies. The scene evokes a nostalgic, everyday summer moment from the 1950s, with the film's edges and scratches adding to its authentic archival quality.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123383199

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 home-movie requests needing everyday beach recreation, ocean wading, or mid-century family leisure atmosphere.
Period detail: The dark swim trunks, modest light swimsuit, faded color, and 8mm home-movie framing may show mid-1950s beachgoing in Dade County, Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged home-movie value as adults wade and walk through shallow surf while the camera observes from the shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include shallow ocean water, small breaking waves, a man in dark swim trunks, a woman farther offshore, wet sand, soft focus, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, muted color, visible grain, frame edges, and slight exposure unevenness.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief beach-life insert, coastal transition, summer memory beat, or cutaway within a 1950s Florida sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents informal seaside leisure rather than a named event, showing ordinary adults in shallow surf at a Florida shore.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be identifiable despite soft focus, so likeness review is separate from copyright or location clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 8mm Florida beach footage, Dade County ocean wading, mid-century home movie swimmers, and vintage shoreline recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach footage, then broader 1950s ocean and vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame of a man in dark swim trunks and a woman farther out in shallow ocean water. — A man stands in shallow surf while a woman wades farther offshore.

1955 Dade County beach frame with a man moving through shallow surf and a woman standing farther out in the water. — The man walks toward shore as a small wave breaks in front of him.

1955 Dade County ocean scene showing a man near shore with a woman blurred farther back in shallow water. — The man approaches the shoreline while the woman remains farther out.

1955 Dade County home-movie frame of a man stepping through foamy shoreline water with a woman partly visible offshore. — The man reaches the edge of the surf as waves spread across the sand.

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