California-1955: Woman in Checkered Swimsuit at Lake

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman in Checkered Swimsuit at Lake — Clip Details

A young woman in a vintage 1950s checkered swimsuit smiles and poses near a lakeside cabin in California, 1955. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her joyful expression and casual summer attire against a backdrop of arid hills and sparse trees. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain evoke authentic mid-century Americana. Other people relax by the water in the background, adding to the nostalgic, sun-drenched atmosphere of a classic family vacation.

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: 125290249

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California home-movie footage for edits needing lakeside vacation atmosphere, swimwear detail, and informal summer leisure.
Period detail: The checkered swimsuit, 8mm color stock, lakeside cabin, and arid hillside setting support a mid-1950s outdoor recreation reading.
Home-movie behavior: A young woman smiles and poses toward the camera while nearby bathers and shoreline views give the clip an unstaged family-vacation feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a checkered swimsuit, a lakeside cabin, bathers, calm water, rocky shore, dry hills, and scattered trees.
Film character: The clip has warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, edge shadowing, and slight handheld movement typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, vacation insert, swimwear cutaway, or transition from a person-focused moment to landscape context.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century recreational leisure around a California lake, with people relaxing near water in a dry hillside environment.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness and context review may be needed in addition to separate copyright or source-license checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s California lake vacation, 8mm home movie swimsuit, vintage lakeside cabin, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then other California 1955 material, then broader 1950s vacation, swimming, and family leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young woman in a checkered 1950s swimsuit smiles near a California lakeside cabin with bathers in the background. — A woman poses by the lake in a checkered swimsuit, with a cabin and people near the water behind her.

California lake shoreline with rocky banks, floating buoys or boats, dry hills, and scattered trees in a 1950s home-movie frame. — A view across the lake shows a rocky shoreline, small floating craft, and dry hillside vegetation.

Dry California hillside with scattered trees and brush above the lake, captured in soft 1950s 8mm color. — The camera looks toward dry hills and scattered trees above the lakeshore.

Soft 8mm view of California hillside vegetation and rocky lakeside terrain, with motion blur from the handheld camera. — A handheld landscape view shows trees and brush on a dry slope near the lake.

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