Dade County Florida-1955: Woman in Shorts Gazing at Ocean with Swimmers Nearby

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

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Woman in Shorts Gazing at Ocean with Swimmers Nearby — Clip Details

DADE COUNTY FLORIDA-1955: A woman in a white top and dark shorts stands on a sunlit beach, gazing toward the ocean as waves break nearby. Other swimmers are visible in the water under a bright sky. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and slight color fading, capturing a candid moment of a 1950s beach outing. The scene conveys a relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere typical of vintage home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123383539

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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-life requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of a woman at the shoreline with ocean surf and swimmers in view.
Period detail: The woman's high-waisted dark shorts, simple white top, and soft color 8mm look support the stated mid-1950s home-movie setting, though no landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged beach moment as the woman stands near the waterline, glancing toward the surf while the camera observes from a casual family-film distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a white top and dark shorts, breaking ocean waves, pale sand, swimmers offshore, bright sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, mild softness, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that contribute to its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, beach cutaway, vacation memory beat, or transitional shot within a 1950s Florida or coastal leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows casual seaside recreation in Dade County, Florida, with a woman at the surf edge and other beachgoers swimming in the background.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, private property, or identifiable brands are apparent from the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Florida beach home movie, Dade County ocean surf, woman standing on beach, vintage 8mm vacation footage, and swimmers offshore.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach footage, then broader 1950s Florida vacation and ocean recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm frame showing a woman in a white top and dark shorts near the surf with swimmers offshore. — A woman stands on the sunlit beach as waves break behind her.

The woman faces along the beach while surf rolls in behind her.

Soft 8mm frame from 1955 Dade County, Florida showing a woman at the beach edge with ocean surf and a swimmer offshore. — The woman stands near the waterline as the surf fills the background.

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm still with a woman standing on wet sand as white surf breaks close behind her. — A woman pauses on the wet sand with white surf breaking nearby.

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