New York-1973: Man Swimming in a Lake

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

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Man Swimming in a Lake — Clip Details

A man swims in a lake in this 8mm home movie from 1973, captured in New York. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the clip shows the man splashing and moving through the water, his face visible as he enjoys the swim. The footage has a distinct blue color grade and grainy texture typical of 1970s home movies, with sunlight glinting off the water's surface. The scene evokes a sense of carefree summer nostalgia and personal memory.

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: 125583038

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 for productions needing a brief recreational swimming moment with an identifiable adult in open water.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s leisure filming through its 8mm look, close handheld framing, and casual swim scene without visible modern objects.
Home-movie behavior: An adult man swims and smiles toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged family-film feeling of summer recreation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimming man, rippling blue water, splashes, sun glints, close facial views, and dark frame edges from the scan.
Film character: The clip has grain, soft focus, blue-biased color, uneven exposure, and handheld 8mm framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, summer-memory beat, recreational cutaway, or transition within family, travel, or leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents personal outdoor leisure in New York in 1973, with the camera focused on a swimmer rather than a named public setting.
Research note: An identifiable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any location or property assessment.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 New York 8mm lake swimming, man swimming home movie, vintage summer water footage, and 1970s recreational swim.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New York water or leisure scenes, then broader vintage swimming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man swims in open water in 1973 New York 8mm home-movie footage, with ripples and sun glints around him. — A man moves through the lake water as the handheld camera frames him from nearby.

The swimmer's face and shoulders are visible as he moves through blue lake water in 1973 New York home-movie footage. — The swimmer turns near the camera while sunlight reflects off the water surface.

A soft, close handheld frame shows the man's face near the lower edge as he swims in rippling water. — The camera catches a close, soft-focused moment of the swimmer near the lens.

An adult man appears to smile while swimming through blue water, framed in grainy 1973 New York 8mm footage. — The swimmer smiles as he treads through the lake water, with bright reflections nearby.

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