New York-1951: Woman Attempts To Swim In Deep Waters

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

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Woman Attempts To Swim In Deep Waters — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1951 captures a woman in a dark swimsuit and white swim cap attempting to swim in open water, likely a lake or ocean. Another person in a green cap watches from the water nearby. The footage shows the swimmer using a freestyle stroke, creating splashes as she moves through the rippling water under bright sunlight. The grainy, slightly faded color and black film borders are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the early 1950s, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment of summer recreation.

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: 124927300

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s New York home-movie swimming footage for documentary or educational sequences about summer recreation and amateur aquatic activity.
Period detail: The swim caps, dark one-piece bathing suit, faded color, and 8mm frame edges may show mid-century recreational swimming style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of one swimmer practicing or attempting a freestyle stroke while another person watches from nearby water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling open water, a woman in a white swim cap, a dark swimsuit, splashing arms, another swimmer in a green cap, bright sun, and black film borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, intermittent blur, and dark gate borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreation cutaway, summer memory beat, or transitional shot for mid-century leisure near water.
Historical context: The scene suggests ordinary postwar-era leisure and informal swimming practice, without visible landmarks or details confirming the specific body of water.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s New York 8mm swimming, woman in swim cap open water, vintage home movie beach or lake recreation, and mid-century aquatic leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then New York 1951 summer footage, then broader 1950s swimming, beach, lake, or family recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 New York 8mm frame showing a woman in a white swim cap swimming in open water as another person in a green cap observes. — A woman swims freestyle in rippling water with another swimmer nearby.

1951 New York home-movie frame of a capped swimmer moving through sunlit water while another swimmer remains upright behind her. — The swimmer moves across the frame as water splashes around her arm.

1951 New York 8mm frame with a woman swimming near the lower edge and a second capped swimmer upright in the water behind her. — The swimmer dips lower in the water while the observer remains in view.

1951 New York home-movie frame showing the swimmer in a white cap splashing through open water during a freestyle stroke. — Motion blur and spray surround the swimmer as she continues through the water.

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