Dade County Florida-1955: Swimmers Playing in Ocean Waves

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

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Swimmers Playing in Ocean Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene ocean scene from Dade County, Florida. Swimmers are visible in the distance, splashing in the gentle waves under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century beach recreation. The frame is bordered by dark film edges, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

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: 123383363

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 or ocean-recreation requests needing brief archival home-movie texture for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The frames show only surf, horizon, distant swimmers, and 8mm frame edges, so period identity rests mainly on the supplied 1955 Dade County metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the quiet visitor-shot observation of people far out in the water rather than a staged beach scene or posed vacation moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale ocean water, a low horizon, small distant swimmers, breaking waves, overcast sky, dark film borders, and dust specks.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, gate edges, and minor dust that give the ocean view a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, beach transition, or atmospheric insert for mid-century Florida leisure coverage.
Historical context: The footage may illustrate everyday public beach recreation in mid-century South Florida, but the frames do not identify a named beach or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, brands, private property, or music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 8mm Florida ocean footage, Dade County beach swimmers, vintage home movie surf, and mid-century swimming recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach footage, then broader Florida ocean and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing pale ocean surf, low horizon, and dark 8mm gate edges. — Soft ocean horizon and breaking waves appear within the 8mm frame edges.

1955 Dade County ocean view with small distant swimmers in the surf beneath an overcast sky. — Distant swimmers appear as small figures among the incoming waves.

1955 Dade County surf scene with a low horizon, pale water, and visible 8mm film texture. — The surf rolls in under a muted sky, framed by dark film edges.

1955 Dade County ocean frame showing faint distant swimmers or splashes beyond gentle waves. — Small distant figures or splashes are visible beyond the near surf.

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