Dade County Florida-1955: Two Men Swimming In Strong Waters

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

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Two Men Swimming In Strong Waters — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures two men swimming in the ocean off Dade County, Florida. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows one man bobbing in the waves while another, wearing a yellow swim ring, enters the frame. Gentle waves roll in under an overcast sky, with a distant boat visible on the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, slight color fading, and natural motion—evoking a nostalgic mid-century American beach outing.

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: 123384080

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. beach and ocean-swimming requests needing brief home-movie evidence of recreation in Dade County, Florida.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century leisure through bare-chested swimmers, open water, and a simple handheld beach vantage rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged swimmer behavior as men bob, wade, and face the camera while waves move around them.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men in surf, rolling ocean waves, an overcast horizon, distant watercraft or shoreline forms, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century Florida beach recreation or rough-water swimming.
Historical context: The clip shows recreational ocean swimming in a public beach setting, with no visible signage or landmarks to narrow the location beyond the provided metadata.
Research note: Adult faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, private property, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Dade County ocean swimming, vintage 8mm Florida beach, men in rough surf, and home movie beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County or Florida beach clips, then broader mid-century ocean recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing an adult man facing the camera while swimming in rolling ocean surf. — A swimmer faces the camera from waist-deep surf as waves break behind him.

Adult swimmer in Dade County surf, partly obscured by a wave, with a faint distant boat or shoreline form on the horizon. — A swimmer rises behind a passing wave in open water.

1955 8mm frame of an adult man swimming near a breaking wave off Dade County, Florida, seen from a handheld shoreline viewpoint. — A man swims near a foamy wave as the camera holds low over the water.

Adult swimmer faces the camera in Dade County ocean water, with low surf and a pale horizon in the background. — A swimmer holds position in the surf with open water stretching behind him.

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