Dade County Florida-1955: Boy And His Companion Swimming In Ocean On Cloudy Day

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

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Boy And His Companion Swimming In Ocean On Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a young boy and a companion swimming in the ocean off Dade County, Florida. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows two figures wading and swimming in calm, gray-green water under an overcast sky. Gentle waves roll in the background as the subjects move through the surf. The image is framed by the dark borders of a film projector, with visible scratches and dust typical of archival Super 8 footage. This nostalgic clip evokes mid-century American beach life and family memories.

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: 123383294

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 home-movie requests needing brief ocean swimming footage from Dade County, Florida for documentary, museum, educational, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The 8mm framing, soft color, grain, and casual beach activity may show mid-century family travel or leisure rather than a staged beach scene.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged distance view of swimmers moving through gray-green surf from a shoreline or beachside observer's perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two distant swimmers, small splashes, low rolling waves, gray-green ocean water, an overcast sky tone, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a faded 8mm home-movie look with soft focus, visible grain, dust marks, gate edges, and slight exposure variation across the frame.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet insert, coastal transition, family-memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway for mid-century Florida beach life.
Historical context: The footage visually situates casual ocean swimming within a home-movie record of 1950s Dade County leisure without identifying the exact beach or subjects.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, private property, or audible music are evident from the provided metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm Florida beach swimming, Dade County ocean home movie, vintage surf swimmers, and mid-century family beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County material, then broader Florida beach or vintage swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing two distant swimmers in gray-green ocean water under cloudy light. — Two swimmers move through calm surf in a soft, grainy 8mm frame.

Dade County, Florida ocean scene with distant swimmers, pale wave lines, and visible 8mm film gate borders. — Distant figures swim beyond a light band of surf.

1955 home-movie still of a swimmer in Dade County surf, with another splash visible nearby and strong film-frame edges. — A swimmer remains partly submerged as small waves pass across the frame.

Distant swimmers in 1955 Dade County ocean footage, seen through faded 8mm color with dust and gate-edge borders. — Two distant swimmers drift in muted surf near the end of the clip.

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