Alabama-1958: Man Wades Into Sea While Family Watches From Shore

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationAlabama, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Alabama

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Man Wades Into Sea While Family Watches From Shore — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a sunny day at the Alabama coast. A man in white swim trunks wades into the blue surf, while a woman in a light dress and an older man in a plaid shirt and hat stand on the sandy shore watching. The footage shows natural movement as people enjoy the beach, with gentle waves lapping the shore under a bright sky. The color palette is characteristic of 1950s film, with saturated blues and warm tones, and the grainy texture of 8mm film adds to the nostalgic, authentic feel of this classic family vacation moment.

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: 125505459

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Alabama, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s editorial or documentary requests for Alabama coastal recreation, family vacation footage, and everyday beachgoing in color 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, white swim trunks, and saturated color 8mm look are consistent with late-1950s home-movie beach footage, supported by the supplied 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged family-observer value as one man wades into the surf while two adults remain on the shore watching and shifting naturally with the waves.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, blue surf, a man in white swim trunks, a woman in a light dress, an older man in a plaid shirt and hat, distant swimmers, and bright sky.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, saturated blue water, slight softness, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, coastal recreation insert, family vacation cutaway, or transition within a 1950s seaside sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers everyday social context for mid-century leisure at the Alabama coast, showing clothed beach observers and swimmers sharing a quiet shoreline moment.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, or music are apparent, while copyright and personal rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Alabama beach home movie, 1950s family vacation surf, color 8mm seaside recreation, and man wading into ocean footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family vacation shots, then other Alabama 1958 coastal footage, then broader 1950s beach recreation and home-movie seaside material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Alabama coast home-movie frame showing a man entering the blue surf as a woman in a light dress and a man in a hat watch from shore. — A man wades into the surf while two adults watch from the beach.

1958 Alabama beach frame with a man in white trunks near the waves, a woman stepping along shore, and an older man in a hat watching the water. — Beachgoers remain near the shoreline as swimmers move in the water.

Color 8mm frame from the Alabama coast showing a woman in a light dress and a man in a hat watching as another man stands in shallow surf. — The group watches the surf with one swimmer visible offshore.

1958 Alabama coastal frame showing a man in white trunks in the surf, a woman in a light dress at the shoreline, and distant swimmers under a bright sky. — A man pauses in the surf as the shoreline figures spread out across the frame.

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