California-1955: Woman in Swimsuit on Sailing Boat

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Woman in Swimsuit on Sailing Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a swimsuit standing on a small boat as it sails across the ocean. The footage, likely filmed from another vessel, shows the boat moving through choppy water under a hazy sky, with a larger ship visible in the distance. The grainy, blue-tinted imagery and natural motion convey a nostalgic, candid moment of mid-century coastal recreation. The scene evokes a sense of freedom and leisure, characteristic of 1950s American seaside life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125290177

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1449 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: david,alex
Reel-level year note: 1953-1955-1956
Reel-level location note: palm springs california
Date: 1955 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: California, 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 1950s California coastal recreation requests needing home-movie boat footage, ocean travel inserts, or mid-century leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The swimsuit, small recreational boat, 8mm color stock, and informal filming style support a mid-1950s home-movie context without identifying a precise shoreline.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged vacation value, with people casually standing and paddling on a small boat while filmed from another vessel at water level.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy ocean water, a distant larger ship, a small cabin boat, a woman in a swimsuit, a person paddling, hazy sky, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has blue-purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld motion that read as original 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief seaside insert, travel transition, memory beat, or visual bridge between broader California coast and boating scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century recreational boating and seaside leisure as captured by a private camera, without enough visual evidence to identify the route or vessel.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 California 8mm boating, vintage ocean home movie, woman on boat, choppy water sailing footage, and mid-century coastal recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other California 1955 coastal footage, then broader 1950s boating, beach, and ocean recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California 8mm frame showing a distant ship beyond choppy ocean water, with dark film-frame edges visible. — A distant ship crosses the horizon beyond rolling ocean water.

Blue-tinted 8mm view of a larger vessel on the horizon across rough ocean water, likely filmed from another boat. — A larger vessel appears on the horizon in blue-tinted home-movie footage.

1955 California home-movie frame with a distant boat silhouetted against hazy sky and choppy sea. — The boat remains distant as waves rise in the foreground.

1955 California 8mm frame showing a woman in a swimsuit standing on a small cabin boat as another person paddles near the bow. — A woman stands on the cabin boat while another person works a paddle at the bow.

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