Indiana-1959: Family Enjoying Beach Vacation Near Public Pool

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

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Family Enjoying Beach Vacation Near Public Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a family enjoying a sunny day at the beach in Indiana. The footage shows people wading and swimming in the ocean waves, with a man relaxing on the sand near a public pool sign. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, faded color palette, and visible grain, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American summer vacation.

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: 125513960

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

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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

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: 1950s 8mm beach-vacation footage suited for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing casual American leisure scenes.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century beachwear, older parked cars, a simple public pool building, and faded 8mm color consistent with the supplied 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged vacation feel, moving from distant swimmers in surf to a shirtless man seated on the sand beside beach bags.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, distant swimmers, sandy beach, a seated man, beach bags and towels, parked cars, palm-like trees, and a public pool sign.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, gate edges, dust specks, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing give the scan a tangible home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief summer-memory insert, beach transition, leisure cutaway, or establishing beat for a family vacation sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents informal seaside recreation and public-beach amenities as seen through a family camera rather than a staged travel film.
Research note: People, faces, and a visible public pool sign require likeness and location review; copyright status is separate from privacy or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1959 8mm Indiana beach vacation, public pool beach home movie, 1950s family seaside leisure, and vintage swimmers in surf.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Indiana 1959 vacation material, then broader 1950s beach and public recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Supported by the clip metadata, this 1959 Indiana beach frame shows distant people wading in surf with soft 8mm color and gate edges. — Distant swimmers move through low waves near the horizon.

A 1959 home-movie view of beach surf shows small distant figures in the water and a breaking wave, with faded 8mm color. — Small figures appear in the water as a wave breaks offshore.

In this 1959 Indiana beach scene, a shirtless man sits on sand beside a bag while a public pool building and parked cars appear behind him. — A man sits on the sand with beach items in front of a public pool building.

The closing frame shows a seated beachgoer beside a bag, with the public pool sign, parked cars, and pale 8mm exposure in the background. — A seated beachgoer faces across the sand near bags and the public pool building.

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