Indiana-1959: Woman in Purple Swimsuit on Beach Towel

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

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Woman in Purple Swimsuit on Beach Towel — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Indiana in 1959 captures a woman in a purple swimsuit relaxing on a striped beach towel. The grainy, sun-drenched footage shows her lying on the sand, adjusting her swimsuit, with a white cloth and flip-flops nearby. The warm color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic, summertime atmosphere. This authentic Super 8 clip offers a candid glimpse into mid-century leisure and personal moments at the beach.

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: 125514042

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 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 candid Midwestern summer leisure, beach relaxation, or personal vacation cutaways.
Period detail: The swimsuit, striped towel, soft color 8mm stock, and metadata-supported 1959 Indiana setting place the scene in late-1950s leisure footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as a woman rests on a towel and adjusts her swimsuit without performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a purple swimsuit, striped beach towel, white cloth, bare legs and arms, sand or beach surface, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage shows grain, muted color, slight softness, and variable exposure typical of scanned 8mm home movies from the period.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for mid-century summer, vacation, beach, or private leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal postwar-era personal recreation through a private camera view rather than a public event or documented landmark.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to separate copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1959 Indiana 8mm beach home movie, woman in purple swimsuit, vintage summer leisure, and mid-century vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Indiana clips, then broader 1950s summer beach and leisure home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Indiana 8mm frame showing a close cropped person reclining on a striped towel, with soft focus and pale fabric across the lower frame. — A reclining figure is partly obscured by pale cloth and towel fabric.

1959 Indiana home-movie frame with a close view of bare legs resting near a white cloth on a striped towel. — Bare legs rest beside a white cloth on the striped towel.

1959 Indiana 8mm frame showing a woman in a purple swimsuit reclining on a striped beach towel, with her face out of frame. — The woman reclines in a purple swimsuit on the striped towel.

1959 Indiana home-movie frame showing a woman in a purple swimsuit lying sideways on a striped towel in soft, grainy color. — A sideways view shows the woman resting on the striped towel in a purple swimsuit.

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