New York-1951: Color Footage Of A Single Man Swimming In Still Waters

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 New York

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Color Footage Of A Single Man Swimming In Still Waters — Clip Details

A man with a receding hairline swims the over-hand stroke through calm, sun-drenched waters in this 1951 8mm home movie. Shot in vibrant color with characteristic Super 8 grain, the footage captures his steady progress and the ripples he creates, with a lush green shoreline visible in the background. The warm, nostalgic tone and authentic film quality evoke mid-century Americana, offering a rare glimpse into a personal summer moment.

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: 124925806

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1951 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: New York, 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: Useful for 1950s New York home-movie requests needing a brief color recreation or leisure insert of one adult man swimming outdoors.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century recreational swimming, with only the 8mm color stock, soft focus, and metadata-supported 1951 New York setting indicating period.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged personal summer moment as the swimmer moves steadily through open water while the camera observes from shore or another fixed vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include one adult swimmer, blue rippling water, splashes from an overhand stroke, a green shoreline, strong sunlight, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that give it authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for outdoor recreation, summer leisure, swimming, or mid-century family-film sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal postwar-era leisure without showing identifiable landmarks, organized sport, or a clearly public event.
Research note: A visible adult face and bare torso require likeness review, while copyright, location, and any water-access permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1951 New York 8mm home movie swimming, vintage color footage of an adult man in water, and mid-century summer leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1951 New York outdoor footage, then broader home-movie swimming or summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1951 New York footage, an adult man swims toward camera through sunlit water with shoreline vegetation in the background. — A swimmer moves through calm outdoor water as spray rises behind him.

The adult swimmer continues across the frame in blue outdoor water, partly submerged and surrounded by white spray. — The swimmer dips forward with splashing water around his upper body.

In the lower frame, the adult man swims nearer to camera, his head and arm visible amid ripples and small splashes. — The swimmer approaches the camera with an overhand stroke visible above the water.

The adult swimmer is seen close in frame, raising one arm in an overhand stroke as water breaks around his shoulder and face. — A close view catches the swimmer mid-stroke with water splashing around him.

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