California-1978: Three Friends Swim in Pool

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 California

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Three Friends Swim in Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1978, this vintage home movie captures three men enjoying a sunny summer day at a backyard swimming pool in California. One man swims freestyle while the others relax in the water, with a yellow ball floating nearby. The scene includes a chain-link fence and a collapsed white structure on the pool deck, all rendered in the warm, slightly faded colors characteristic of Super 8 film. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s leisure and casual poolside life.

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: 125593450

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 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: California, 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 1970s California home-movie requests needing casual backyard pool leisure, adult friendship, or warm-weather recreation for documentary, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1970s residential leisure through the small backyard pool, chain-link fence, simple pool deck, floating ball, and faded 8mm color palette.
Home-movie behavior: Three adult men appear relaxed and unstaged as they swim, tread water, and play casually in a backyard pool while the camera observes from poolside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three men in a swimming pool, a yellow ball, pale pool coping, a chain-link fence, shrubs or trees, and a collapsed white object on the deck.
Film character: The clip has a handheld 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and warm faded color that supports a period family-film feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, summer transition, leisure cutaway, or memory beat within sequences about 1970s recreation and private social life.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of adult backyard recreation in California, showing informal pool use without visible public landmarks or organized event context.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and any property permissions should be assessed separately before final use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1978 8mm California swimming pool footage, 1970s backyard pool home movie, adult friends swimming, and vintage summer leisure scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1978 California home movies, and then with broader 1970s summer leisure or backyard recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1978 California 8mm frame showing three adult men in a backyard swimming pool, with a yellow ball, chain-link fence, and pool deck visible. — Three men swim and float in a backyard pool as a yellow ball drifts nearby.

1978 California home-movie frame with two adult men treading water in a backyard pool, a yellow ball nearby, and a chain-link fence in back. — Two swimmers face across the pool while a yellow ball floats between them.

1978 California 8mm frame showing two adult men in a backyard swimming pool, one near a floating yellow ball, with fence and pool deck visible. — A swimmer approaches the floating ball while another man treads water in the foreground.

1978 California home-movie frame with three adult men in a backyard pool while a stream of water sprays across the scene from the left. — Water sprays into the pool as the men continue swimming and playing casually.

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