Dade County Florida-1955: Women In Swimsuits At The Beach On A Summer Day

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

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Women In Swimsuits At The Beach On A Summer Day — Clip Details

DADE COUNTY FLORIDA-1955: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures two women in classic swimsuits enjoying a summer day at the beach. The grainy, slightly faded color film shows them wading in the ocean waves and standing on the sandy shore, with the water gently rolling in. The footage exhibits natural film imperfections, including scratches and dust, characteristic of mid-century home movies. This authentic slice of Americana evokes nostalgia for 1950s leisure and family vacations.

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: 123383431

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 leisure, beachgoing, and mid-century home-movie inserts in documentary, museum, education, or period lifestyle edits.
Period detail: The swimsuits, handheld 8mm color look, and metadata-supported 1955 Dade County setting place the scene in mid-century beach recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged vacation behavior as two women stand, walk, and wade at the shoreline while surf moves around them.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women in swimsuits, breaking waves, wet sand, shoreline foam, ocean horizon, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has faded color, visible grain, gate edges, dust, scratches, and uneven exposure consistent with scanned mid-century 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a beach-life cutaway, memory beat, summer transition, or period insert for postwar Florida leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows casual women’s beach recreation in Dade County, Florida, without visible commercial signage, landmarks, or organized public event context.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1955 Florida beach home movie, Dade County women swimsuits, vintage 8mm ocean waves, and mid-century beach vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach material, then broader 1950s summer leisure and ocean scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County beach footage shows a soft ocean horizon and pale surf within visible 8mm frame borders. — Surf and horizon appear before the women enter the frame.

In 1955 Dade County beach footage, two women in swimsuits appear near the shoreline as waves break behind them. — Two women move along the wet sand at the water’s edge.

1955 Dade County beach footage shows two women near the surf, with one partly cropped by the 8mm frame edge. — The handheld camera catches the women standing at the shoreline.

In 1955 Dade County beach footage, two women wade in shallow ocean water as white surf rolls toward shore. — Two women wade as waves wash around them.

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