Greenwood Lake New York-1964: Man Swims Strokes In Blue Lake Then Boy Runs By

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationGreenwood Lake, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Man Swims Strokes In Blue Lake Then Boy Runs By — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a man swimming freestyle strokes in the blue waters of Greenwood Lake, New York. The footage, marked by classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, shows the swimmer moving through the water with a white dock ladder visible in the background. A young boy briefly runs past the frame, adding a candid moment of summer life. The scene evokes a nostalgic, personal memory of a lakeside day, preserved in authentic 1960s home movie style.

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: 124937561

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 1062 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: greenwood lake summer
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: greenwood lake
Date: 1964 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: Greenwood Lake, New York, 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 documentary or educational edits needing authentic lakeside recreation footage from a New York home movie.
Period detail: The 8mm color, dock ladder, swimwear-free framing, and handheld lakeside viewpoint may show casual mid-1960s summer leisure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged swimmer moving through lake water as the camera watches from a nearby dock or shore position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, a bald adult swimmer, splashes, ripples, a white dock ladder, distant shoreline detail, and dark film frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, gate marks, and handheld framing give the clip recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short summer-memory insert, lake recreation cutaway, or transition beat within family, travel, or regional-history sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for ordinary private leisure at Greenwood Lake, showing swimming as a candid home-movie subject rather than a staged public event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any location or property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm Greenwood Lake swimming, 1960s home movie lake recreation, adult swimmer in blue water, and vintage New York summer footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1964 Greenwood Lake material, then broader 1960s lake swimming, docks, shoreline, and family summer scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Greenwood Lake home-movie frame showing blue water, a white dock ladder, and faint shoreline detail. — Blue lake surface and dock ladder before the swimmer enters this view.

Adult man swims in the blue water at Greenwood Lake in a 1964 8mm home-movie frame. — The swimmer moves through the lake as small splashes break around his shoulders.

1964 Greenwood Lake frame of a bald adult swimmer approaching through rippled blue water. — The swimmer faces the camera while treading or stroking through the lake.

Motion-softened 1964 home-movie frame of the swimmer creating splashes in Greenwood Lake. — A burst of water and motion blur surrounds the swimmer near the end of the clip.

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