New York-1951: Woman Swimming in Lake with One-Piece Bathing Suit and Cap

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

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Woman Swimming in Lake with One-Piece Bathing Suit and Cap — Clip Details

A woman swims in open water wearing a one-piece bathing suit and a white swim cap, captured on 8mm film in 1951. Her freestyle stroke creates splashes as she moves through the calm lake, with natural sunlight reflecting off the water's surface. The footage shows the grainy texture and warm color palette typical of vintage home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreational swimming. This authentic 1950s home movie captures a moment of leisure and personal activity, preserved in classic Super 8 format.

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: 124927303

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New York recreation requests needing authentic home-movie footage of a woman swimming in open water for documentary, museum, education, or period lifestyle edits.
Period detail: The one-piece bathing suit, white swim cap, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a mid-century leisure setting, with the 1951 New York date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unstaged, moving through open water as the camera observes from a nearby shore or boat-like vantage with casual home-movie framing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman swimmer, white swim cap, dark one-piece suit, splashing arms, rippled lake water, sun reflections, and dark frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld 8mm framing that preserve the physical feel of a family-film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer recreation cutaway, leisure-memory beat, or transitional water shot within a 1950s personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows private recreational swimming and mid-century swimwear in an everyday outdoor setting without visible public landmarks or organized sporting context.
Research note: A person and face are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or music are apparent from the supplied metadata and frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1951 New York 8mm swimming, 1950s woman in swim cap, vintage lake recreation, home movie swimmer, and mid-century bathing suit footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1951 New York leisure scenes, and then with broader 1950s swimming or lake recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 New York 8mm frame showing a woman in a white swim cap and dark one-piece suit swimming freestyle in open water. — A swimmer in a white cap moves toward the camera through sunlit lake water.

1951 New York home-movie frame of a woman swimming in a lake, with a white cap, dark swimsuit, and splashes around her stroke. — The swimmer continues through the water as one arm breaks the surface behind her.

1951 New York 8mm still of a woman in a white swim cap and dark one-piece bathing suit swimming toward the camera in a lake. — Water splashes across the swimmer's face and shoulders during a forward stroke.

1951 New York home-movie frame showing a woman swimmer partly turned in open water, with her white cap and arm visible through spray. — The swimmer turns through a stroke as splashes and reflected sunlight cover much of the frame.

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