Mineola New York-1966: Three Men Relaxing In A Backyard Pool

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationMineola, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Three Men Relaxing In A Backyard Pool — Clip Details

MINEOLA NEW YORK-1966: Three men relax and swim in a blue above-ground pool in a backyard setting. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a candid summer moment with natural light and a slightly grainy, nostalgic quality. One man leans on the pool edge while another floats with a yellow inflatable ring. The scene includes a green and yellow checkered lawn chair and a bird bath in the background, evoking a classic 1960s American family vacation. The warm, saturated colors and vintage film grain enhance the retro feel, making it ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical 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: 125007290

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 1893 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: birthday party
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1966 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: Mineola, 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing candid suburban summer leisure, backyard pool activity, or adult friends relaxing in an American family setting.
Period detail: The above-ground blue pool, yellow inflatable ring, checkered lawn chair, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-1960s backyard recreation details.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear relaxed and unstaged, leaning on the pool edge, floating, and looking across the water in a casual home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult men, a blue above-ground pool, yellow inflatable ring, checkered lawn chair, bird bath, grass, trees, and nearby house siding.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short memory beat, summer leisure insert, suburban recreation cutaway, or transition within a 1960s family-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents informal backyard swimming and adult leisure in a residential setting without supporting claims about a specific event or occasion.
Research note: Visible adult faces and a backyard setting call for likeness and property review; copyright and privacy clearance should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm backyard pool, Mineola New York home movie, men swimming in above-ground pool, and suburban summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Mineola home-movie scenes, then broader 1960s backyard recreation or summer swimming clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1966 Mineola home-movie footage, an adult man leans on the edge of a blue backyard pool with a yellow inflatable behind him. — A man rests at the edge of a blue above-ground backyard pool.

An adult man leans against a blue backyard pool while another man is partly visible in the water behind him in Mineola, New York. — Two men relax in the backyard pool, one near the rim and one farther back.

Three adult men are visible in the blue backyard pool, including one at the side with a yellow inflatable ring, in 1966 Mineola footage. — Three men share the pool as one handles a yellow inflatable ring.

A man leans over a yellow inflatable ring at the edge of the blue backyard pool while another man is visible behind him. — A man balances on a yellow inflatable ring near the pool edge.

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