Dade County Florida-1955: Man and Woman Wading in Ocean

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

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Man and Woman Wading in Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a man and woman wading in the ocean at Dade County, Florida. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows them standing in the shallow surf, with gentle waves lapping around them. The woman wears a dark one-piece swimsuit, while the man is shirtless, both appearing relaxed and enjoying the water. The scene exudes a nostalgic, candid charm typical of mid-century family beach outings, with natural light and authentic movement.

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: 123383872

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 requests needing 1950s Florida beach home-movie footage of adults wading in the surf for documentary, museum, educational, or editorial memory sequences.
Period detail: The dark one-piece swimsuit, shirtless male bather, soft color, and 8mm home-movie framing may show a mid-1950s leisure scene in Dade County, Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged beach behavior as two adults stand, gesture, and move casually in shallow ocean water while the camera observes from shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult bathers, a dark one-piece swimsuit, shallow green-blue surf, small breaking waves, open water, and handheld 8mm framing.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm color look with visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and gentle handheld instability that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, coastal transition, vacation memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century Florida recreation.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for adult beach leisure and informal seaside filming in 1950s Dade County without identifying a specific beach or event.
Research note: Adults and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and location clearance should be assessed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Florida beach home movie, Dade County ocean bathers, vintage 8mm surf footage, and mid-century adults wading in water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1955 Dade County or Florida beach footage, then with broader mid-century seaside leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adults wade in shallow surf in 1955 Dade County, Florida, with the woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit and the man shirtless. — Two adult bathers stand in shallow surf as small waves move around them.

A woman in a dark swimsuit and a shirtless man stand in the ocean during a 1955 Florida home-movie beach scene. — The pair stand separated in the water, facing different directions in the shallow surf.

The woman appears to gesture toward the water while the man stands nearby in this 1955 Dade County beach home movie frame. — The woman raises an arm as both adults remain in the shallow water.

The man is partly submerged in the ocean while a small wave breaks across the 1955 Florida beach home-movie frame. — The man floats or dips into the surf as white water breaks beside him.

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