Dade County Florida-1955: Man Wading In Ocean Waves At Beach

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

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Man Wading In Ocean Waves At Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a man in black swim trunks standing at the water's edge on a Florida beach. He wades through gentle waves, looking around as the ocean laps at the shore. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American beach outing. The scene is calm and candid, with the man appearing relaxed in the sun-drenched environment.

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: 123383702

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 home-movie requests needing candid ocean recreation, swimwear, and shoreline leisure footage for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The black swim trunks, 8mm color stock, and casual beach filming support a mid-1950s home-movie setting in Dade County, Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The man moves naturally at the surf line, glancing around and walking through small waves without staged action or direct presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless man in dark swim trunks, foamy ocean waves, wet sand, shoreline water, distant surf, and a handheld beach viewpoint.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief beach cutaway, leisure insert, vacation memory beat, or transition within a mid-century Florida sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows ordinary beach recreation and swimwear in a 1950s Florida home-movie context without identifiable landmarks or organized events.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or physical film source considerations.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s Florida beach home movie, 8mm ocean waves, man in swim trunks, Dade County shoreline, and vintage vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach scenes, then 1955 Dade County material, then broader Florida shore and mid-century vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida home-movie frame showing a man in dark swim trunks at the surf line. — A man stands at the edge of the surf as waves wash onto the beach.

Man in swim trunks walks through shallow surf on a Florida beach in 1955 home-movie footage. — The man turns along the shoreline while a wave breaks behind him.

Closer 8mm frame of a man at the surf edge with foamy water filling the background. — A closer handheld view catches the man near white surf at the shoreline.

Wider 1955 Dade County beach view showing surf, sand, and a person near the waterline. — The view widens to show the shoreline and ocean, with figures near the surf.

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