Indiana-1959: Two Young Boys Having Fun In Large Pool

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

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Two Young Boys Having Fun In Large Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures two young boys enjoying a sunny day in a backyard swimming pool. The footage shows them splashing, waving, and laughing in the water, with one boy raising his arm in excitement. The scene is framed by lush green hedges and a white planter, with a pool float visible on the edge. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and a distinct blue color cast typical of 1950s home movies. This nostalgic clip offers authentic archival footage of mid-century American leisure and childhood joy.

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: 125513378

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American home-movie requests involving backyard pool recreation, summer leisure, and informal family or community life.
Period detail: The pool setting, hedge backdrop, white planter, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century domestic recreation in Indiana.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmers wave, splash, and look toward the camera with the relaxed timing of an unstaged home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers, blue pool water, splashing arms, a hedge, a white planter, a pool edge, and a small float or ring near the coping.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, blue color cast, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for summer recreation, childhood leisure, or family-pool sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents informal outdoor swimming and domestic leisure without showing identifiable public landmarks or organized events.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or audible music indicated.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Indiana home movie swimming pool, 8mm backyard pool recreation, vintage summer leisure, and boys splashing in pool.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1959 Indiana clips, then with broader mid-century pool and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Indiana 8mm frame showing two swimmers in a backyard pool, with blue water, hedge, and white planter visible. — Two swimmers face the camera while standing in a backyard swimming pool.

1959 Indiana home-movie frame of swimmers in a pool, with one person raising an arm toward the camera. — A swimmer raises an arm while another stands farther back in the pool.

1959 Indiana 8mm frame showing a swimmer in blue pool water, with a second person partly visible at the edge. — One swimmer faces the camera as another person's arm enters from the side.

1959 Indiana home-movie frame of a swimmer in a backyard pool, with another swimmer partly visible at the left edge. — A swimmer moves through the water as another person splashes near the frame edge.

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