New York-1973: A Man Swimming In The Sea

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Man Swimming In The Sea — Clip Details

A young man swims in deep blue water in this 8mm home movie from 1973. Shot in New York, the footage captures him moving through the water with natural, unposed motion, his dark hair wet and slicked back. The vibrant blue of the sea contrasts with his bare torso, and the grainy texture of the 8mm film adds authentic vintage charm. The clip conveys a sense of carefree summer recreation and personal memory, with the swimmer occasionally breaking the surface and looking toward the camera. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a personal moment from the early 1970s.

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: 125582822

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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1970s New York home-movie footage suited to requests for informal summer swimming, personal recreation, or water activity inserts in documentary and editorial edits.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm home-movie color, swimwear, and handheld framing that fit the supplied 1973 date, with no visible landmark confirming a more specific New York location.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unposed, moving through deep blue water and occasionally looking toward the camera from a casual home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: A young man, open water, small waves, splashing arms, wet dark hair, bare torso, swim trunks, and film-frame borders are visible across the four stills.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated blue water, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation consistent with amateur physical-film capture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition into a waterfront or personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents private leisure rather than a public event, showing an informal early-1970s swimming moment without identifiable landmarks or social context beyond recreation.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review for model-release needs, while no logos, private property, children, or audible music are evident from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 New York 8mm swimming, young man in water home movie, 1970s summer recreation footage, and vintage sea swimming cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1973 waterfront material, then broader 1970s home-movie leisure or swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1973 New York home-movie footage, a young man swims toward the camera through rippling blue water. — A young man swims toward the camera in open blue water.

The swimmer faces the camera in blue water, with his shoulders and arms breaking the surface. — The swimmer looks toward the camera while moving through the water.

The young man swims closer to the camera, arms extended across the surface of deep blue water. — The swimmer moves forward with arms spread across the water.

The swimmer turns sideways in the water, creating splashes as handheld 8mm framing follows the movement. — The man swims sideways, partly turned away, with water splashing around him.

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