New York-1973: Man Swimming Freestyle in Deep Water

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

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Man Swimming Freestyle in Deep Water — Clip Details

A young man swims through deep blue water in this 1973 8mm home movie footage from New York. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the clip captures him using a freestyle stroke, his dark hair wet and slicked back as he moves through the rippling surface. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, personal memory of a summer day. A white object, possibly a float or boat edge, appears in the lower right corner. This authentic home movie moment offers raw, unfiltered archival footage ideal for documentaries, editorial projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 125582828

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 swimming footage for documentary inserts, memory sequences, recreation context, or archival summer-life coverage.
Period detail: The frames show soft 8mm color, casual swimwear, and a white pool or dock object, with no visible landmark confirming a more specific New York setting.
Home-movie behavior: A young man swims close to the camera in an unstaged home-movie moment, occasionally looking toward the person filming from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue rippling water, a dark-haired swimmer, splashing arms, pale swim trunks, film-frame borders, and a white float or poolside object.
Film character: The clip has saturated blue water, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief summer recreation insert, a personal-memory cutaway, or a transition into waterfront leisure material.
Historical context: The footage documents casual private recreation in the 1970s without visible public setting details, signage, or events to support broader historical claims.
Research note: A recognizable face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no logos or private property clearly shown in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s New York home movie swimmer, 8mm freestyle swimming, vintage water recreation, and young man swimming archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New York footage, then broader 1970s swimming or summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young man swims freestyle through deep blue water in 1973 New York 8mm home-movie footage. — A swimmer moves through rippling blue water near the camera.

Dark-haired swimmer moves across deep blue water, with a white float or poolside object at the lower right. — The swimmer turns his face toward the camera as he moves forward.

In soft 8mm color, the swimmer approaches through rippling water beside a bright white object at frame edge. — The swimmer approaches the camera through textured blue water.

The young man appears to turn or float back in deep blue water during a short 1973 home-movie swimming shot. — The swimmer turns in the water as ripples surround him.

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