Dade County Florida-1955: A Swimmer Floats Calmly In The Gentle Sea

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

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A Swimmer Floats Calmly In The Gentle Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene in Dade County, Florida. A lone swimmer floats calmly in the gentle waves, their figure small against the vast, gray-blue sea under an overcast sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight blurriness, and subtle scratches, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of summer leisure, with the ocean stretching endlessly to the horizon. This authentic archival clip offers a peaceful glimpse into mid-century coastal life.

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: 123383344

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 coastal leisure requests needing a quiet Florida beach cutaway with a distant swimmer in open water.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century Dade County shoreline recreation, with only sea, surf, horizon, and a small swimmer visible as era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged swimmer floating offshore from a distant home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include gray-blue ocean, pale sky, low surf bands, distant swimmer, soft horizon, film frame borders, grain, and minor scratches.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm texture with muted exposure, visible grain, slight blur, gate edges, and small surface marks from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm memory beat, beach transition, or atmospheric cutaway in a mid-century Florida sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary seaside recreation, with the swimmer small against the water and no visible buildings, signage, or landmarks.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, private property, or music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 8mm Florida beach footage, Dade County ocean swimmer, vintage home movie sea, and mid-century coastal leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage 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 8mm frame showing a small swimmer offshore in muted gray-blue water under an overcast sky. — A distant swimmer floats in the ocean, framed by soft surf and pale sky.

1955 Florida home-movie frame with a distant swimmer in open water and muted surf near the horizon. — The swimmer remains small against the open sea and low surf.

Soft 8mm view of the Dade County sea, with a tiny swimmer visible low in the frame beneath distant surf. — A tiny swimmer appears low in the frame as the sea fills most of the view.

1955 Dade County beach footage frame with a faint swimmer near the lower edge and broad gray-blue water beyond. — The final frame shows broad water and a faint swimmer near the lower edge.

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