Dade County Florida-1955: Woman And Man Wearing Swim Suits Wade Into Surf At An

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

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Woman And Man Wearing Swim Suits Wade Into Surf At An — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a man and a woman wading into the ocean surf at a Florida beach. The woman wears a white swim cap and dark swimsuit, while the man is shirtless in swim trunks. They stand in shallow water as gentle waves roll in, with the grainy, slightly faded color typical of Super 8 film. The footage shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, preserving a candid moment of mid-century beach recreation.

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: 123383266

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 recreation requests needing brief home-movie footage of adults wading in ocean surf.
Period detail: The swim cap, simple dark swimsuit, swim trunks, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century leisure style at a Dade County beach.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the pair's casual movement through shallow surf, filmed from a distant handheld family viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults in the water, a white swim cap, dark swimwear, rolling surf, gray-blue ocean, soft horizon bands, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and contact-print edge marks typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for beach vacations, Florida leisure, or mid-century family recreation.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary adult beachgoing and ocean wading, with no visible landmarks or public event identifying the exact beach.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, or music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1950s Florida beach home movie, 8mm ocean wading, Dade County surf recreation, and vintage swimwear footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach material, then broader vintage ocean recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing a woman in a white swim cap and a man in swim trunks standing in shallow surf. — Two adults pause in shallow surf as a wave breaks near the camera.

1955 Florida beach frame with two adults wading farther into the ocean, seen small and soft-focused from shore. — The pair wades farther out into gray-blue ocean water.

1955 Dade County beach footage frame showing two adults in swimwear moving through the surf under soft 8mm color. — The woman and man continue wading through the water.

Soft-focused 1955 Florida home-movie frame of two adults partly submerged while wading in open surf. — The adults remain in the surf, partly submerged in the water.

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