Bahamas-1969: Woman Swimming In Tropical Waters

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationBahamas
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Swimming In Tropical Waters — Clip Details

A woman in a dark swimsuit swims in calm, shallow water under a purple-tinged sky in this 1969 8mm home movie from the Bahamas. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the footage captures her gentle movements in the water with natural grain and color shifts typical of the era. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of leisure, with the woman smiling as she enjoys the tropical waters. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century vacation life, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 125062149

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 1022 · Super 8 · 5″ reel
Original reel label: cruise
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: bahamas
Date: 1969 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: Bahamas 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: 1969 Bahamas home-movie footage for productions needing a brief leisure or travel insert from a mid-century tropical vacation.
Period detail: The dark one-piece swimsuit, 8mm color rendering, and simple beach-swim framing may show late-1960s vacation filming conventions.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears relaxed and aware of the camera as she swims gently in shallow water, giving the clip an unstaged family-travel quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include one adult swimmer, calm shallow water, soft surface ripples, open shoreline water, purple-blue color cast, and 8mm frame grain.
Film character: The scan shows visible grain, mild softness, color shift, and steady home-movie framing that provide useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for vacation, ocean leisure, or 1960s travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents private leisure during a Bahamas trip without visible landmarks, signage, or broader public events in the frames.
Research note: An identifiable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Bahamas swimming home movie, woman in tropical water, 8mm vacation footage, and 1960s beach leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Bahamas 1969 travel material, then broader 1960s beach and swimming home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult woman in a dark swimsuit faces the camera while swimming in shallow Bahamas water in 1969 home-movie footage. — A woman pauses in calm shallow water, facing the camera.

Adult woman swims with her head and shoulders above calm tropical water in the 1969 Bahamas clip. — The swimmer moves through calm water with small ripples around her.

Adult woman appears to float or swim sideways in shallow Bahamas water, seen in soft 8mm color. — The woman turns lower in the water while swimming near the camera.

Adult woman remains upright in calm shallow water, framed by the purple-blue cast of 1969 8mm Bahamas footage. — The swimmer is centered in calm water near the end of the shot.

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