Dade County Florida-1955: Ocean Waves Crashing over Wooden Walking Deck

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

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Ocean Waves Crashing over Wooden Walking Deck — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures turbulent ocean waves crashing violently over a wooden walking deck in Dade County, Florida. The footage shows churning white water surging across the structure, with dark wooden planks partially submerged and battered by the force of the sea. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and visible film scratches enhance the authentic retro feel. The camera remains steady, observing the relentless power of nature as waves slash and clash against the man-made pier. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and the raw beauty of the Florida coastline in the mid-20th century.

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: 123383526

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 Florida coastal weather, ocean-surge, pier, or seaside infrastructure inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, simple wooden deck structure, and mid-century home-movie framing support a 1955 coastal Florida context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a sheltered or elevated position as surf overtakes the deck, giving the clip the direct observational value of unstaged travel footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rough surf, white foam, dark deck railings or posts, submerged planks, hazy horizon, film gate edges, and dust marks.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, scratches, and slight exposure variation give the short 8mm sequence a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, storm-memory beat, or environmental insert for coastal risk and mid-century shoreline stories.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a man-made waterfront structure being overtaken by heavy ocean water in Dade County, Florida, in a home-movie context.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright, location, and possible property-context issues for their use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1955 Dade County Florida 8mm ocean waves, vintage Miami-area surf, wooden deck storm water, and home movie coastal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring footage from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County scenes, then broader Florida coastline or rough-sea home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm frame showing foamy ocean water washing around dark wooden deck posts or planks. — Foamy surf strikes the partially visible wooden deck structure.

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm frame with turbulent white water crossing a slanted wooden deck or walking structure. — Waves cover a slanted section of the waterfront deck.

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm frame showing choppy sea, white foam, and small dark deck elements amid the waves. — Small dark pieces of the structure remain visible in churning water.

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm frame looking across rough ocean water toward a hazy horizon line. — The clip ends on rough open water beyond the deck area.

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