Camden New Jersey-1961: People Swim In Blue Water Next To Wooden Platform With

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

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People Swim In Blue Water Next To Wooden Platform With — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1961 captures people swimming in blue water near a wooden dock at a lake or pond. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows individuals in swimsuits enjoying a summer day, with a wooden platform and ladder visible in the water. The scene has a nostalgic, candid quality typical of mid-century family home movies, with natural lighting and authentic movement.

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: 124561786

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 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing a quiet summer swimming scene with people near a simple wooden water platform.
Period detail: The swimsuits, soft color, 8mm frame texture, and wooden swim platform support a 1961 home-movie setting, while the exact body of water is not identifiable from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged recreational behavior as swimmers linger beside the dock and one person moves through the water toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue open water, a low wooden floating platform, a ladder, swimmers' heads, a person in a swimsuit, shoreline or bank edges, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, faded blue-purple color, soft focus, variable exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for summer leisure, family recreation, swimming, or local Camden-area archival sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal outdoor swimming and leisure in a mid-century home-movie record without enough visual evidence to identify the exact facility or event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from personal rights.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1961 Camden New Jersey 8mm swimming, vintage home movie swimmers by dock, or mid-century lake platform footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Camden or 1961 water-recreation footage, and then broader 1960s home-movie swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Camden-area 8mm frame showing a swimmer in blue water beside a low wooden swim platform with ladder. — A swimmer surfaces near a wooden platform in blue water.

Home-movie frame from the 1961 Camden metadata set with swimmers near a wooden platform on open water. — Swimmers remain close to the floating wooden platform.

1961 8mm home-movie frame showing two swimmers beside a low wooden platform with a ladder in blue water. — Two swimmers pause near the platform and ladder.

1961 Camden-area home-movie frame showing a swimsuit-clad person in blue water, with the platform mostly out of view. — A swimmer moves through the water near the dock area.

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