Dade County Florida-1955: Houses Next To A Water Lake

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

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Houses Next To A Water Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a scenic waterfront view in Dade County, Florida. The clip pans across elegant mid-century homes with red-tiled roofs and white stucco facades, nestled among lush palm trees and manicured hedges along a calm canal. The footage, framed by the dark edges of a film projector, shows subtle camera movement and the characteristic grain and color fade of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic 1950s Florida lifestyle. The overcast sky and tranquil water enhance the serene, archival atmosphere of this classic American suburban scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123384702

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 Florida residential waterfront, suburban development, leisure setting, or home-movie establishing shots in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century Dade County waterfront houses with stucco walls, red tile roofs, palms, hedges, docks, and canal-side landscaping.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view appears filmed from across or beside the water, giving an unstaged visitor or resident perspective on private waterfront homes.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include canal water, seawalls, white stucco houses, red tile roofs, palm trees, clipped hedges, docks, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fade, uneven exposure, and handheld panning that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, residential cutaway, location transition, or memory beat for 1950s South Florida settings.
Historical context: The view documents waterfront residential architecture and landscaping in Dade County without confirming the owners, exact address, or neighborhood.
Research note: Private property and at least one distant person appear visible, so copyright, likeness, and property concerns should be reviewed separately for intended use.
Research search match: Searches for 1955 Dade County waterfront homes, 1950s Florida canal houses, Miami-area home movie, or vintage 8mm residential footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County waterfront views, then broader Florida housing and canal-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County 8mm frame showing a canal-side house with red tile roof, palms, hedges, and dark projector-frame edges. — Waterfront residence partly screened by trees along a canal.

1955 Dade County frame with a large stucco waterfront home, arched porch, red roof, palms, and manicured hedge by the canal. — Canal-side home with arched porch and palm trees.

1955 Dade County waterfront frame showing palms, an arched porch, hedges, canal water, and a small distant person near private property. — Palm-lined waterfront residence with a distant figure near the porch.

1955 Dade County 8mm frame showing a white waterfront house, dock railing, palms, dense shrubs, and the edge of the film frame. — White waterfront house and dock railing along the canal.

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