New York USA-1954: Three Young Men Playing in Ocean Waves

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Three Young Men Playing in Ocean Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures three young men in classic swim trunks playing in the ocean waves at a New York beach. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic 1950s summer day. The men laugh and splash in the water, their movements energetic and carefree, with one adjusting his swim cap while another holds a towel. The footage shows natural film wear, including light scratches and dust, authentic to its era. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse of mid-century beach life and youthful camaraderie.

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: 125300843

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 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: 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: Useful for 1950s New York beach-life requests needing candid home-movie footage of young men swimming, splashing, and relaxing by the ocean.
Period detail: The swim trunks, towels, soft color stock, and handheld 8mm framing may show mid-1950s leisurewear and informal seaside filming habits.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged play: men wade, splash, laugh, adjust a cap, and towel off as the camera watches from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, three young men in swim trunks, a swim cap, white towels, crowded beachgoers, and handheld beachside framing.
Film character: The clip has faded color, soft focus, visible grain, dust, light scratches, and contact-print framing that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a summer-memory insert, beach transition, social-history cutaway, or brief visual beat for mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage gives a small social view of casual male recreation at a New York beach without identifying the exact beach or participants.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even if no logos, music, or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1954 8mm New York beach footage, young men swimming, vintage ocean waves, and 1950s home movie summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1954 beach scenes, then broader 1950s ocean and summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1954 New York beach footage, three young men in swim trunks stand in soft-focus ocean surf as one adjusts a cap. — Three men wade in the ocean, one raising his hands to his head.

Three young men in swim trunks play in shallow New York ocean surf, partly obscured by faded color and film wear. — Men splash in shallow surf during a beach outing.

A smiling young man with a white towel over his shoulder stands near other beachgoers on a New York shoreline. — A towel-draped beachgoer smiles near the waterline.

Two young men with towels stand on a crowded New York beach, with the ocean and seated beachgoers behind them. — Towel-carrying men stand among other beachgoers near the surf.

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