Indiana-1959: Man Swimming Freestyle in Backyard Pool

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIndiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Indiana

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Man Swimming Freestyle in Backyard Pool — Clip Details

A man swims in a backyard pool in this 1959 Indiana home movie, captured on 8mm film. The footage shows him using a freestyle stroke, with water splashing around him. Other swimmers, including one in a white swim cap, are visible in the background. The clip has a distinct blue color cast and grainy texture typical of vintage Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic summer day. The scene captures casual recreation and family leisure from the late 1950s.

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: 125513348

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 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: Indiana, 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

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: Supports 1950s documentary or exhibit needs for home-movie scenes of backyard swimming, summer recreation, and informal family leisure in Indiana.
Period detail: The outdoor pool, swim caps, and 8mm home-movie framing may show late-1950s middle-class recreational life, consistent with the supplied 1959 Indiana metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged home-movie value as swimmers move casually through the pool while the camera observes family recreation from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue backyard pool, adult swimmers, white swim caps, splashing water, a pool edge, a ladder or diving-board area, and dark shrubbery beyond the pool.
Film character: The clip carries a blue color cast, visible grain, soft focus, dust specks, and slight exposure shifts that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer-memory cutaway, recreation transition, or period family-life beat within a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents casual pool recreation and social leisure without supporting claims about a specific neighborhood, family identity, or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and any location or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Indiana home movie swimming pool, 1950s backyard recreation, 8mm family leisure, and vintage freestyle swimming.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family leisure footage, then other 1959 Indiana home movies, then broader 1950s pool or summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1959 Indiana 8mm frame, a man swims freestyle through a backyard pool with blue-tinted water and visible film grain. — A swimmer moves through the pool as water splashes around him.

A man swims across the blue-tinted backyard pool, facing near the camera in this Indiana home-movie frame from 1959. — The swimmer turns toward the camera while moving through the water.

Swimmers gather near the pool edge, including white swim caps, while a man enters the lower foreground in the 1959 Indiana home movie. — Multiple swimmers are visible near the pool edge and ladder area.

Two capped swimmers remain near the far pool edge as another man appears at the lower right in this blue-tinted Indiana 8mm frame. — Swimmers pause near the pool edge while another person is partly seen in the foreground.

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