Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: Man Swimming Near Dock and Provincetown Seal

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationCape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Cape Cod Massachusetts

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Man Swimming Near Dock and Provincetown Seal — Clip Details

A man swims in the sea near a weathered wooden dock in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1956. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him moving through the water before climbing onto the dock. The scene transitions to a close-up of the Town of Provincetown seal on a building facade, highlighting its historical marker. The grainy, color-bleached aesthetic evokes mid-century Americana and personal memory.

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: 125304145

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1039 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jones beach,hyde park,cape cod
Reel-level year note: 1956
Reel-level location note: hyde park, cape cod
Date: 1956 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: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 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 Cape Cod home-movie requests needing seaside recreation, dock activity, or a Provincetown civic-marker cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, bathing attire, weathered dock, and building-mounted Town of Provincetown seal support a mid-1950s coastal Massachusetts setting.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer and handheld framing feel unstaged, shifting from personal waterfront activity to a visitor-shot record of a local civic marker.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in the water, wooden dock planks, chains, pilings, rippled sea, building windows, balcony rail, and round Provincetown seal.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color fading, and slight handheld movement give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short seaside memory beat, a Cape Cod location insert, or a transition from recreation to local identity.
Historical context: The clip shows leisure near a dock and a public-facing municipal seal, placing personal vacation footage beside visible town symbolism.
Research note: A visible adult swimmer and a civic seal may require review for likeness, trademark or insignia use, and context-specific property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1956 Cape Cod 8mm footage, Provincetown seal close-up, man swimming near dock, and mid-century Massachusetts home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cape Cod or Provincetown 1956 footage, then broader 1950s coastal recreation or town-marker scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man swims near a wooden dock in Cape Cod home-movie footage from 1956. — A swimmer moves through the water beside dock pilings and planks.

Swimmer approaches or climbs onto a weathered dock in 1956 Cape Cod footage. — The man reaches the dock edge as water splashes around him.

Town of Provincetown seal appears on a building facade with windows and a balcony rail. — A round Provincetown civic seal is filmed on a building balcony.

Close view of the Town of Provincetown seal on a balcony facade in Cape Cod footage. — The camera holds on the circular town seal above a balcony rail.

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