California-1959: Man And Woman Swim In Ocean With Other Swimmers

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Man And Woman Swim In Ocean With Other Swimmers — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a sunny day at the California coast, where a man and woman in classic swimsuits and swim caps enjoy the ocean. They wade and float in the shallow water, with other swimmers visible in the background. The footage shows the natural grain and slight color fading of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century American beach life.

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: 125507638

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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1959 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: Useful for requests needing 1950s California 8mm beach and ocean-swimming home-movie material for documentary, educational, or memory-sequence editing.
Period detail: The swim caps, simple flotation rings, and color 8mm home-movie look may show mid-century recreational beach culture consistent with the 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-observer feel, with swimmers floating, watching waves, and moving casually in shallow surf rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, adult swimmers, swim caps, flotation rings, breaking waves, soft horizon water, and handheld framing through a contact-sheet scan.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, gate edges, and uneven exposure that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, coastal transition, recreational cutaway, or personal-memory beat within a mid-century California sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary seaside leisure with mixed adult swimmers in the surf, without visible landmarks or signage tying it to a more specific place.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from any copyright or footage-license assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 California beach home movie, 1950s 8mm ocean swimmers, vintage swim caps, and mid-century family vacation surf footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with California 1959 beach material, then with broader vintage swimming and family-vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 California 8mm frame showing swimmers in shallow surf, softly focused with visible film grain and frame borders. — Swimmers float near the surface in shallow ocean water.

1959 California beach footage shows swimmers resting in the water, with a white swim cap visible at the edge of the frame. — Swimmers pause in the water during a beach outing.

1959 California 8mm frame with a swimmer in shallow surf and seaweed floating in the foreground water. — A swimmer floats beyond a small piece of seaweed in the surf.

1959 California ocean scene with swimmers and flotation rings near a breaking wave, captured in soft handheld 8mm color. — Swimmers float with rings as a small wave breaks behind them.

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