Indiana-1959: People Talking On Beach And Swimming In Ocean

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

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People Talking On Beach And Swimming In Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a public beach in Indiana. A man in a white t-shirt and shorts stands with two women in swimsuits near a sign reading 'PUBLIC POOL', engaged in casual conversation. The scene shifts to the shoreline where people relax on the sand and swim in the ocean under a partly cloudy sky. The footage shows classic 1950s fashion, palm trees, and period cars, with natural film grain and slight color fading characteristic of Super 8 home movies.

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: 125513891

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

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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing beach recreation, public pool surroundings, and casual vacation behavior for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows 1950s swimwear, sunglasses, period cars, palm trees, and a public pool sign, with the Indiana location supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged beachside interaction, with adults talking near bags and towels before the camera turns to swimmers and sunbathers along the shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in swimsuits, a man in a white shirt, a PUBLIC POOL sign, parked cars, palm trees, sandy shoreline, surf, and beachgoers.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, light exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a family-shot reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, shoreline transition, summer-memory beat, or visual cutaway for midcentury public leisure.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for midcentury American beach and pool recreation without making claims beyond the visible public setting and supplied 1959 metadata.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the public pool sign should be reviewed separately from copyright status for likeness, signage, and location-identification concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm beach home movie, Indiana public pool sign, 1950s swimwear, vintage shoreline swimming, and family vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Indiana or 1959 recreation footage, then broader 1950s beach, swimming, and public pool scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1959 Indiana home-movie frame, adults in beachwear stand near a PUBLIC POOL sign with period cars and palm trees in the background. — Adults gather near a public pool sign during a beach outing.

Adults in 1959 beachwear stand beside bags near a PUBLIC POOL sign, with cars and palm trees visible beyond the bright sandy area. — Beachgoers pause beside bags near the public pool area.

A 1959 Indiana beach view shows people swimming near the surf while a sunbather lies on the sand under a partly cloudy sky. — Swimmers and sunbathers appear along the shoreline.

The shoreline frame shows distant swimmers, a seated figure near the water, and a sunbather on the sand in faded 8mm color. — A wide beach view shows swimmers, surf, and a sunbather.

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