Lynbrook New York-1971: Person Dives Into Pool While Others Play

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationLynbrook, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 New York

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Person Dives Into Pool While Others Play — Clip Details

A person dives into a backyard swimming pool in this vintage 8mm home movie from Lynbrook, New York, 1971. The clip captures the splash of entry, followed by underwater movement and a swimmer resurfacing. The footage exhibits the characteristic blue and purple color shifts and grain of Super 8 film, with a casual, candid feel. The setting appears to be a residential pool with a ladder visible, evoking a nostalgic summer memory of family recreation and play.

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: 123548178

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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
Date: 1971 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: Lynbrook, New York, 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 1970s home-movie requests needing a brief backyard pool recreation moment for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s domestic leisure through a residential-style pool, metal ladder or railings, swimwear, and a multicolor beach ball.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged play as swimmers dive, surface, and toss a beach ball from a close home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pool water, splash patterns, submerged swimmer movement, pool-edge railings, adult swimmers, and a red, white, and green beach ball.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy blue-purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick summer-memory insert, recreation cutaway, transition into family pool scenes, or brief beat of 1970s leisure.
Historical context: The clip reflects informal backyard swimming and social play in Lynbrook, New York, with no visible public landmark or organized event in the sampled frames.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1971 Lynbrook New York home movie pool, 8mm backyard swimming, 1970s family recreation, and vintage beach ball pool play.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel pool or family scenes, then Lynbrook 1971 material, then broader 1970s backyard swimming and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Lynbrook home-movie frame showing a large splash in blue pool water after a dive or jump. — A splash spreads across the backyard pool at the start of the dive sequence.

1971 Lynbrook pool footage shows a swimmer beneath the surface as ripples and splash residue move across the water. — The swimmer passes underwater after entering the pool.

1971 Lynbrook home-movie frame showing a swimmer gliding through the backyard pool under blue-purple shifted film color. — A swimmer moves across the frame just below the surface.

1971 Lynbrook pool scene with visible adults playing near a red, white, and green beach ball in blue-purple home-movie footage. — Swimmers gather around a beach ball near the end of the clip.

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