Women and Men Enjoying Pool Party and Croquet Game

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Year1958
Decade1950s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Women and Men Enjoying Pool Party and Croquet Game — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a private backyard pool in Oregon. Women in classic one-piece swimsuits and men in swim trunks relax by the water, with one woman in a blue swimsuit posing near the pool edge. The scene includes a man playing croquet on the lawn, showcasing mid-century leisure activities. The footage features the characteristic green tint and grain of 8mm film, with natural sunlight and lush greenery surrounding the gathering. This authentic slice of Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage of 1950s family life and social gatherings.

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: 123478019

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
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: Supports requests for late-1950s 8mm home-movie footage of backyard leisure, swimming pool gatherings, and informal American social life for documentary or museum use.
Period detail: The one-piece swimsuits, metal lawn chairs, croquet set, and casual poolside setting may show mid-century domestic recreation consistent with the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged social behavior as adults lounge, walk around the pool, and play croquet in a private-looking backyard gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, one-piece swimsuits, a backyard pool, lawn chairs, croquet mallets, a trimmed lawn, hedges, and sunlit garden foliage.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, greenish color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century summer leisure, family gatherings, or domestic recreation sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually situates adult leisure around a residential-style pool and lawn game without establishing a public venue, specific town, or named participants.
Research note: People are visible and likely identifiable in some frames, so likeness and possible property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s 8mm backyard pool party, home movie swimming gathering, mid-century swimsuit leisure, and croquet on lawn footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with any Oregon or 1958 family footage, and then with broader backyard pool or croquet home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adults in summer clothing sit near a table in a shaded backyard setting, with foliage and lawn chairs visible in 8mm home-movie footage. — Seated adults gather in shade during a backyard summer social scene.

Adults in one-piece swimsuits and swim trunks move beside a backyard pool, with lawn and hedges in the background. — Swimsuited adults pass along the edge of a backyard pool.

A handheld 8mm frame shows adults in swimsuits moving quickly near a backyard pool, with motion blur and green lawn visible. — Motion-blurred poolside activity captures the home-movie feel of the gathering.

Two adults in swimwear stand on a sunlit lawn with croquet mallets, with poolside chairs, hedges, and garden foliage behind them. — Adults pause with croquet mallets on the lawn beside the pool area.

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