New York-1973: Friends Enjoying The Day At The Pool

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

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Friends Enjoying The Day At The Pool — Clip Details

A vibrant 8mm home movie from 1973 captures a sunny day at a public pool in New York. People in retro swimwear relax on lounge chairs under colorful striped umbrellas, laughing and enjoying the summer heat. The footage shows a lively, candid atmosphere with families and friends soaking up the sun, their joyful expressions and casual interactions reflecting the era's carefree spirit. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip features authentic grain, slight color shifts, and a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality that evokes classic Americana.

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: 125589497

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: Useful 1970s New York home-movie pool footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences about summer leisure and informal social life.
Period detail: The clip shows 1970s swimwear, folding lounge chairs, striped pool umbrellas, and sunbathing arrangements that support the supplied 1973 context.
Home-movie behavior: Adults relax, smile, and look toward the camera from poolside chairs, giving the footage an unstaged vacation or recreation-day perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in swimsuits, lounge chairs, striped umbrellas, a paved pool deck, sunbathers, towels, and shaded seating areas.
Film character: The 8mm footage has visible grain, warm color shifts, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer transition, social-history cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual public-pool recreation, with adults gathered outdoors in swimwear and seating typical of a warm-weather social setting.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no obvious logos appear, but copyright and privacy considerations remain separate from visual clearance.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1973 New York pool day, 1970s public pool home movie, adults sunbathing on lounge chairs, or 8mm summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel pool footage, then other 1973 New York summer scenes, then broader 1970s recreation or vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York home-movie frame of adults relaxing on poolside lounge chairs under striped umbrellas. — Poolside adults smile and lounge in the sun near rows of umbrellas and chairs.

Adults at a New York pool in 1973 sit and smile toward the camera amid lounge chairs and umbrellas. — Friends or family members gather on poolside chairs during a sunny outdoor moment.

1973 New York poolside scene with adults lounging near folding chairs, towels, and striped umbrellas. — A relaxed pool-deck view shows adults seated among chairs, towels, and summer umbrellas.

End frame shows physical film leader or exposed stock with a vertical red strip and visible film texture. — The clip ends on a non-scene film frame with a red vertical mark and pale film surface.

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