Dade County Florida-1955: Two Middle Aged Men Having Fun In The Sea Dodging Waves

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Two Middle Aged Men Having Fun In The Sea Dodging Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures two middle-aged men enjoying a sunny day at the ocean in Dade County, Florida. Wading in the surf, they laugh and playfully dodge incoming waves, one man in yellow swim trunks and the other in dark trunks. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1950s beachside nostalgia, with gentle waves rolling onto the shore under a bright sky. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123384111

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

sea
men
waves
fun
blue
middle
aged
dodging
holidays
florida miami housing
1950s beach vacation
vintage 8mm film
Dade County Florida
middle-aged men
ocean waves
1955 home movie
retro beach footage
vintage swimwear
1950s nostalgia
seaside fun
archival 8mm
old film footage
vintage family vacation
American beach life
1950s summer
vintage home movie
8mm film
retro footage
historical footage
vintage beach scene

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage useful for requests about mid-century Florida beach leisure, adult recreation, family vacation reels, or nostalgic oceanfront inserts.
Period detail: The swim trunks, soft color palette, and small-gauge home-movie texture support a 1955 beach setting, though no landmark or signage is visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged interaction as two adult men wade, smile, gesture, and react casually to the surf from a family-camera viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in swim trunks, shallow green-blue water, white surf, distant waves, hazy horizon, handheld framing, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, muted color, slight softness, gate edges, and uneven exposure that give it recognizable physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, beach-life insert, or transition within sequences about vacations, aging, leisure, or coastal home movies.
Historical context: The footage shows casual adult beach recreation in mid-century Dade County, Florida, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific beach, event, or public site.
Research note: Two adults are visible and faces are partially discernible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-material clearance checks.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Florida beach home movie, Dade County surf footage, two men wading in ocean, 8mm vacation beach reel, and mid-century seaside leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach material, then broader 1950s Florida vacation and ocean recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm frame showing two adult men standing chest-deep and waist-deep in choppy ocean surf. — Two men stand in the water as a low wave breaks across the foreground.

1955 Dade County, Florida beach footage with two adult men in swim trunks standing in shallow water near rolling surf. — The men pause in the shallows, one in yellow trunks and one in dark trunks.

1955 Dade County, Florida 8mm still showing two adult men separated in waist-deep ocean water with surf rolling behind them. — The men stand apart in waist-deep water as small waves move through the scene.

1955 Dade County, Florida home-movie frame of two adult men facing each other in the ocean, one gesturing toward the water. — One man gestures while the two stand facing each other in the shallow ocean.

Visually Similar Clips