Superior Wisconsin-1973: Young Boy Swimming In A Lake Under Water Then Popping

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationSuperior, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Young Boy Swimming In A Lake Under Water Then Popping — Clip Details

Super 8 film from 1973 captures a young boy swimming in a lake in Superior, Wisconsin. The footage begins with rippling water and a submerged view, then shows the boy's head emerging from the surface as he swims. The grainy, purple-tinged 8mm aesthetic evokes a nostalgic, personal home movie feel. This authentic archival clip offers a candid glimpse into a summer pastime, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124749019

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Superior, Wisconsin, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1970s 8mm home-movie lake swimming footage suited to documentary, editorial, museum, or education requests for everyday summer recreation.
Period detail: The frames show no distinct landmarks or dated objects, with the 1973 setting supported by clip metadata rather than visible signage or period clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unstaged, surfacing and moving through open lake water while the camera observes in a casual home-movie manner.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling lake water, submerged-looking surface texture, a swimmer's head and shoulders, soft focus, dark frame borders, and purple-blue film color.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, soft handheld framing, uneven exposure, and a purple-blue cast that reads as authentic scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a summer memory insert, lake recreation cutaway, water transition, or brief personal-history beat.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary outdoor swimming in Superior, Wisconsin, as represented by the metadata, without visible landmarks or organized public events.
Research note: A person's face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no logos or private property evident in these frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1973 Wisconsin lake swimming, 8mm home movie swimmer, Superior Wisconsin summer water, and vintage family lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1973 Superior, Wisconsin material, then broader 1970s home-movie swimming or lake recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Rippling lake water in a purple-blue 8mm frame from the Superior, Wisconsin home-movie clip. — Rippling lake surface before the swimmer appears.

Open rippling lake water, softly focused in the 1973 Superior, Wisconsin 8mm footage. — Water surface detail during the lake swimming sequence.

A young swimmer surfaces in lake water in the 1973 Superior, Wisconsin home-movie footage. — The swimmer pops up through the lake surface.

A swimmer's head appears at a distance in rippling lake water in the 1973 Superior, Wisconsin clip. — The swimmer moves farther out across the water.

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