Disneyland California-1959: Woman Swims With Child In Calm Waters With A Lot Of

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

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Woman Swims With Child In Calm Waters With A Lot Of — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a woman and child swimming in calm waters at Disneyland California. The footage shows them splashing and enjoying a sunny day, with a wooden post visible in the foreground. The scene exudes a nostalgic, carefree 1950s family vacation atmosphere, with natural film grain and color fading characteristic of Super 8 home movies. The clip offers authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 124617374

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s leisure or family-vacation sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of swimmers in calm water at Disneyland, California.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1950s swimwear and visitor-shot recreation, with the 1959 Disneyland location supported by the supplied clip metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged swimmer movement, splashing, and casual framing from a family camera positioned above or near the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers, rippling open water, splashes, vertical wooden posts, a dark contact-sheet divider, soft focus, and blue faded color.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, mild blur, color shift toward blue, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for midcentury leisure, water recreation, or Disneyland vacation material.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for casual recreational swimming during a documented 1959 visit, without visible signage or architecture confirming the exact attraction.
Research note: Faces and likenesses are visible, so use may require review separate from copyright status; no logos are visible in these frames, and location identity rests on metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Disneyland swimming home movie, 1950s family vacation water recreation, 8mm swimmers in calm water, and vintage California leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Disneyland clips, then broader 1950s family-vacation or swimming-recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Disneyland home-movie frame showing two swimmers in blue-toned water, one nearer a wooden post and one farther back splashing. — Two swimmers move through calm water, with a dark wooden post in the foreground.

1959 Disneyland frame with one swimmer facing the camera near a post and another swimmer moving through the water behind. — A swimmer faces the camera near a post as another swimmer splashes in the background.

1959 Disneyland home-movie frame showing two swimmers separated by distance in rippling water, with a dark post in front. — Two swimmers continue through the water, framed by a foreground post and contact-sheet borders.

1959 Disneyland frame with a nearer swimmer partly submerged beside a wooden post and a second swimmer splashing farther away. — A nearer swimmer turns beside the post while another swimmer splashes across the water.

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