Camden New Jersey-1961: Half Naked Man Swimming In A Lake Towards An Approaching

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCamden, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Camden New Jersey

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Half Naked Man Swimming In A Lake Towards An Approaching — Clip Details

A man swims in a lake during a summer day in Camden, New Jersey, in 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him partially submerged, moving through the water with a relaxed, natural motion. The scene has a grainy, blue-tinted quality typical of vintage home movies. The man appears shirtless, with only swim trunks visible, and his movements create ripples across the water's surface. The clip conveys a nostalgic, candid moment of recreation from the early 1960s.

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: 124561734

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 1096 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: christmas,lake
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: new jersey
Date: 1961 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: Camden, New Jersey, 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 1960s editorial projects needing candid home-movie footage of summer swimming and informal recreation in Camden, New Jersey.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1960s leisurewear and home-movie framing, with shirtless swimmers in open water and no visible modern objects in the sampled frames.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged movement of people swimming, surfacing, and approaching the camera during a relaxed day in the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, a shirtless man in swim trunks, another swimmer, splashing wake, partial shoreline absence, handheld framing, and soft 8mm edges.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, blue color cast, exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for summer recreation, swimming, family leisure, or regional 1960s atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene documents informal outdoor recreation and swimming as seen through a private home-movie camera, without visible signage or landmarks to identify the exact site.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any location permissions should be assessed separately from the footage metadata.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Camden New Jersey home movie swimming, 8mm lake recreation, shirtless man swimming, summer water footage, and 1960s leisure scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Camden or New Jersey material from 1961, then broader 1960s swimming, lake, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A swimmer appears partially submerged in blue lake water in 1961 Camden, New Jersey home-movie footage. — A swimmer surfaces and moves through the lake water.

A shirtless man in swim trunks wades chest-deep in the water in Camden, New Jersey, in 1961. — A shirtless man pauses chest-deep in the lake.

A swimmer moves low through the water, leaving a broad splash and wake in the vintage 8mm frame. — A swimmer's motion creates a foamy splash across the water.

A swimmer reaches across the water toward a partially visible standing person in 1961 Camden home-movie footage. — A swimmer approaches a person standing at the side of the frame.

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