Dade County Florida-1955: Medium Sized Waves Of The Ocean Coming To Shore On A

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

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Medium Sized Waves Of The Ocean Coming To Shore On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures medium-sized ocean waves rolling onto the shore in Dade County, Florida. The footage shows a dynamic seascape with white-capped waves breaking against a rocky jetty, viewed through a dark frame that suggests a window or doorway. The water displays a mix of blue and green tones under an overcast sky, with visible film grain and slight color fading characteristic of mid-century home movies. The scene evokes a nostalgic, authentic slice of 1950s 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: 123383506

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 Florida archive requests needing non-personal ocean surf, stormy shoreline, or seascape cutaway material for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, faded palette, and domestic viewpoint support a mid-1950s home-movie context, while the visible scene itself is a timeless ocean shoreline.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to observe the waves from behind a dark window or doorway frame, giving the clip the quiet feel of a visitor watching rough surf from shelter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue-green ocean water, white breaking waves, a rocky jetty or groin, dark vertical framing bars, distant horizon, and overcast sky.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, gentle color fading, soft exposure, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a shoreline insert, weather transition, coastal memory beat, or visual bridge into a Miami-area beach sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a mid-century home-movie view of Atlantic surf in Dade County without visible people, signage, businesses, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location context, and any property or shoreline identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Florida ocean waves, Dade County surf, Miami-area shoreline, 8mm beach home movie, and vintage Atlantic coast cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Florida material, then other 1955 Dade County coastal clips, then broader vintage ocean, beach, and weather-related home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm frame showing rough ocean waves and white surf near a rocky jetty, viewed through a dark window-like frame. — Ocean surf breaks near a rocky jetty, with the scene partially framed by dark vertical edges.

1955 Dade County coastal frame with choppy surf, a narrow rocky jetty, and dark foreground framing from a window or doorway. — Choppy waves move around a narrow shoreline structure under a muted sky.

1955 Dade County 8mm frame showing foamy Atlantic surf and rocks near shore, partially obscured by dark foreground framing. — Foam spreads around rocks as waves approach the shoreline.

1955 Dade County, Florida home-movie frame of rough ocean water breaking over a rocky jetty with heavy white foam in front. — A wave breaks over the jetty, filling the foreground with white foam.

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