Disneyland California-1959: Children Swimming and Playing in Lake

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationDisneyland, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Disneyland California

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Children Swimming and Playing in Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a group of children swimming and playing in a lake at Disneyland California. The footage shows kids splashing in the water, with wooden posts visible in the shallow area. The scene has a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality with natural blue and earthy tones, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse of summer fun and carefree moments at a popular family destination.

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: 124617344

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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1959 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: Disneyland, California, 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 home-movie requests needing brief recreational lake swimming footage for documentary, museum, educational, or period family-life edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, simple swimwear, shallow lake setting, and wooden posts may show a late-1950s leisure scene consistent with the supplied 1959 Disneyland metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as swimmers linger, splash, and hold near posts in shallow water while the camera observes from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimmers in a lake, blue rippled water, wooden posts, a muddy shoreline, scattered rocks, and strong daylight.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and saturated blue water that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, family-memory cutaway, summertime transition, or visual bridge within a broader 1950s recreation sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for mid-century family leisure at a public attraction, while the specific activity is limited to swimmers in a lakeside area.
Research note: People are visible and some appear young, so likeness and minor-status review is advised; no logos or readable signage are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm Disneyland lake swimming, 1950s family recreation footage, vintage home movie swimmers, and children playing in water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Disneyland material, then broader 1950s family swimming or summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Disneyland home-movie frame showing a swimmer in a lake beside a wooden post, with ripples spreading across the water. — A swimmer holds near a wooden post in shallow lake water.

Two swimmers appear in the lake at Disneyland, with one near a post and another floating nearby in sunlit water. — Two swimmers play near posts in the lake.

A soft 8mm frame shows swimmers partly cropped at the right edge, with rippled lake water filling most of the view. — Swimmers drift near the edge of the frame in open lake water.

The frame looks toward a muddy Disneyland lakeshore with rocks and shallow blue water, with figures no longer clearly centered. — The camera shifts toward the muddy shoreline and shallow water.

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