San Diego County California-1968: Afternoon at Swimming Pool with Lifeguard Tower

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 San Diego California

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Afternoon at Swimming Pool with Lifeguard Tower — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a sunny afternoon at a swimming pool in San Diego County, California. The footage shows a lifeguard tower with red and white striped patterns, a circular life preserver mounted on the wall, and potted plants along the poolside. A person in light-colored clothing walks near the pool edge while another figure stands nearby. The scene has a faded, warm-toned color palette typical of 1960s home movies, with visible film grain and slight blurriness. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century poolside recreation and leisure.

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: 124630528

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: Yes
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 1333 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1968 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: San Diego, 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 1960s Southern California leisure, poolside recreation, and home-movie cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or commercial editorial projects.
Period detail: The striped lifeguard-style stand, wall-mounted life ring, potted plants, and faded color palette may show a modest 1960s pool area in San Diego County.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its quiet observation of people moving casually around a sunny swimming pool.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pool surface, red-and-white striped stand, circular life preserver, poolside wall, potted plants, and lightly seen people near the water.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and contact-print framing that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, poolside insert, summer recreation cutaway, or transition within a 1960s family-leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for informal mid-century outdoor recreation without establishing a named venue or public facility.
Research note: People are visible and a possible mark or signage may appear, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 8mm San Diego County pool footage, 1960s California home movie swimming pool, and vintage summer recreation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then San Diego County 1968 material, then broader 1960s pool, summer, and family leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame showing a sunny pool area with a striped stand, wall-mounted life ring, potted plants, and water in front. — Poolside wall with life ring and striped stand beside the water.

Soft 1968 San Diego County poolside view with a red-and-white striped stand, circular life preserver, potted plants, and pool water. — Faded home-movie view of a pool wall, life preserver, and striped stand.

1968 San Diego County pool frame with water in the foreground, a striped stand, life ring, potted plants, and a faint person near the wall. — A lightly visible figure appears near the poolside fixtures.

Soft 1968 San Diego County home-movie frame showing pool water, a wall-mounted life ring, striped stand, potted plants, and faint people nearby. — Faint people stand or move near a poolside wall and safety ring.

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