Dade County Florida-1955: Men Wading In Deep Sea Surf On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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Men Wading In Deep Sea Surf On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures two men wading into the ocean surf at Dade County, Florida. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows a man in dark swim trunks stepping into the waves, followed by another person further out. The overcast sky casts a muted light over the churning green-blue water, with whitecaps rolling in. The handheld camera captures the natural motion of the sea and the casual, unposed moment of beach recreation. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage ideal for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123383936

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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing casual ocean recreation or mid-century Florida beach activity as documentary B-roll.
Period detail: The simple swim trunks, small-gauge color film, and beach setting may show mid-1950s leisure culture in Dade County, Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged moment as adults wade into active surf, giving the scene a family-shot beach outing quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults in surf, green-blue water, rolling whitecaps, a flat ocean horizon, muted sky, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and gentle handheld movement typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for beach vacations, Florida leisure, or mid-century home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows informal ocean bathing rather than organized sport, offering a modest view of everyday coastal recreation in the 1950s.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s Florida beach home movie, Dade County ocean surf, men wading, vintage 8mm seaside recreation, and Miami-area beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach scenes, then broader vintage Florida ocean recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing an adult man from behind entering green-blue surf with whitecaps offshore. — A man steps into shallow ocean surf as waves break farther out.

1955 Dade County beach footage shows two adults separated in the surf, with one nearer the camera and waves breaking beyond them. — Two people wade in the surf with rolling waves in the background.

An 8mm home-movie frame from Dade County shows two adults in green-blue surf, one closer from behind and one farther left. — The nearer wader moves through shallow water while another person remains farther out.

1955 Dade County surf scene with two adults wading apart in shallow water, framed by a flat horizon and pale sky. — Two beachgoers stand apart in the moving surf near the end of the clip.

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