California-1955: A Smiling Woman in a Checkered Bathing Suit at a Lakeside Resort

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Smiling Woman in a Checkered Bathing Suit at a... — Clip Details

A woman in a white and blue checkered bathing suit smiles and poses at a lakeside resort in California, 1955. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her turning toward the camera with a joyful expression, set against a backdrop of wooden cabins and tree-covered hills. The warm, sun-drenched scene evokes mid-century Americana, with natural film grain and slight color fading enhancing its vintage charm. This authentic home movie captures a carefree summer moment from the 1950s.

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: 125290244

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California leisure, lakeside resort, swimsuit fashion, and home-movie insert needs in documentary or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The checkered one-piece bathing suit, modest resort cabins, small dock or pool edge, and sunlit hills may show mid-century vacation styling.
Home-movie behavior: The woman turns toward the camera, smiles, and poses casually, giving the clip an unstaged family-vacation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling woman, checkered bathing suit, pale railing or pool edge, wooden cabin, trees, dry hills, and sunlit resort grounds.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color fading, visible grain, gate edges, and brief overexposure that place the moment in a physical home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, vacation insert, resort-life cutaway, or transition into a 1950s summer sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects personal leisure filming at a California resort setting, with attention centered on a woman posing for the camera rather than a public event.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to checking copyright, source ownership, and any location-related permissions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s California home movie, woman in bathing suit, lakeside resort, summer vacation, 8mm family footage, and mid-century leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 California resort footage, then broader mid-century swimming, lake, and family-vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Overexposed 1955 8mm frame with partial lakeside resort structures, dark gate edges, and color flare. — Bright, partially washed-out opening frame from the lakeside resort footage.

Woman in a white and blue checkered bathing suit stands at a California lakeside resort in 1955, with cabins and hills behind her. — Woman standing near resort cabins with dry hills in the background.

Smiling woman poses in a checkered bathing suit at a California resort, with a cabin, trees, and hillside visible behind her. — Smiling woman posing outdoors during a resort visit.

Woman smiles and raises a hand near a pale resort railing, with a cabin, trees, and California hillside in the background. — Woman smiling toward the camera at the lakeside resort.

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