Dade County Florida-1955: Family Enjoying Beach Day

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

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Family Enjoying Beach Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a family enjoying a sunny day at the beach in Dade County, Florida. A woman in a yellow swimsuit sits on a lounge chair, adjusting her clothing, while three people—two men and a woman—walk along the shoreline, wading in the gentle waves. The footage shows classic mid-century swimwear and the natural, unfiltered charm of a 1950s seaside vacation, with visible film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies. This authentic archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical 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: 123384165

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: 1950s Dade County beach home-movie footage for productions needing family leisure, shoreline activity, or mid-century Florida vacation atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century swimwear, simple beach loungers, and handheld 8mm color footage that supports the 1955 dating supplied in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Unstaged relatives or companions sit, adjust clothing, wade, and walk in the surf with the casual timing of a family beach outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a yellow swimsuit, striped lounge chair, cushions, ocean surf, sandy shoreline, and three adults in bathing suits.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a beach-vacation insert, family-memory transition, coastal leisure cutaway, or short establishing beat for 1950s Florida life.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for postwar family recreation at a Florida beach without documenting a named landmark or public event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and location context should be evaluated separately before reuse.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1950s Florida beach home movie, Dade County family vacation, 8mm shoreline footage, and mid-century swimwear by the ocean.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County beach footage, then broader 1950s family leisure or Florida coastal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County beach home-movie frame showing a woman in a yellow swimsuit seated on a striped lounge chair near cushions and a low wall. — A seated woman adjusts her clothing while resting on a lounge chair near the beach.

1955 Dade County shoreline frame with two men and a woman in bathing suits standing in shallow surf as waves break nearby. — Three adults gather in the shallow water as surf rolls onto the beach.

1955 Dade County beach frame showing two men and a woman walking through shallow water along the surf line. — Adults walk out of the water and along the wet sand during a beach outing.

1955 Dade County home-movie frame with two men walking through the foamy shoreline while a woman follows near the waves. — Beachgoers move through the foamy edge of the surf as the ocean fills the background.

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