Dade County Florida-1955: Woman Jumps Into Ocean And Man Walks Along Shore

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

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Woman Jumps Into Ocean And Man Walks Along Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a black one-piece swimsuit joyfully jumping into the ocean waves at a Florida beach. The scene continues with a man in dark swim trunks walking along the shoreline, stepping through the surf. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft color saturation, and natural motion, evoking a nostalgic 1950s summer vacation atmosphere. The sequence offers authentic archival footage of beachgoers enjoying the coast, with the ocean's constant motion and natural light enhancing the retro feel.

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: 123383682

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: 1950s Florida beach home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about leisure travel, shoreline recreation, family vacations, or mid-century coastal life.
Period detail: The swimsuits, soft color, and 8mm home-movie framing may show mid-1950s beach recreation in Dade County, Florida, without visible landmarks or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged vacation behavior as a woman plays in the surf and a man walks out of the waves toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean waves, white surf, a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit, a man in dark swim trunks, wet shoreline, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, beach cutaway, vacation insert, or transition into a sequence about Florida leisure and coastal recreation.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for casual mid-century beachgoing, showing adults interacting with the surf rather than posed resort or landmark views.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, brands, minors, or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Florida beach home movie, Dade County ocean surf 8mm, vintage swimmers shoreline, and mid-century beach vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1955 Dade County or Florida beach scenes, then with broader vintage ocean recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 Dade County, Florida, a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit jumps into breaking ocean waves. — A woman jumps into the surf as waves break around her.

A swimmer appears partly submerged in the Dade County ocean surf, with waves and foam filling the frame. — A swimmer surfaces among churning waves and white foam.

A man in dark swim trunks walks along the wet shoreline as waves roll behind him in Dade County, Florida. — A man steps along the shoreline with waves breaking behind him.

A man in dark swim trunks walks out of shallow ocean water toward the beach, framed by foamy surf. — The man walks through shallow surf toward the beach.

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