Southhampton New York-1937: Woman Wearing White Swim Cap Swims In Pool On A

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSouthhampton, New York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Wearing White Swim Cap Swims In Pool On A — Clip Details

A woman in a white swim cap swims through a pool in this 8mm home movie from Southampton, New York, 1937. Shot in black and white, the footage captures her steady strokes and the ripples on the water's surface, with trees visible in the background. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect the vintage Super 8 film style, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment of recreation from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127264471

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 1937 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: Southhampton, New York, 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: 1930s 8mm pool recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or period lifestyle edits needing a brief swimming cutaway.
Period detail: The white swim cap, outdoor pool, wooded background, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show private leisure and swimwear details from the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer appears unstaged, moving steadily through the pool while the camera holds a casual home-movie view from poolside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a white swim cap, rippling pool water, splashes, a pool edge, dark trees, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame-edge darkness consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreational cutaway, transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places swimming as everyday outdoor recreation, with no identifiable public landmark or organized event visible in the frames.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s 8mm swimming pool, woman in white swim cap, Southampton New York home movie, and vintage outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Southampton 1937 clips, then broader 1930s swimming, pool, and leisure home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Southampton, New York, 1937 home-movie footage, a woman in a white swim cap swims across a rippling outdoor pool. — A swimmer in a white cap moves through the pool as water ripples across the foreground.

The swimmer surfaces near the right side of the pool, with splashing water and dark trees visible in the 1937 Southampton footage. — The white-capped swimmer surfaces near the pool edge with a small splash.

A woman in a white swim cap swims across the outdoor pool, partly submerged amid broad ripples in the black-and-white home movie. — The swimmer continues across the pool, with her cap and shoulders visible above the water.

Near the end of the clip, the white-capped swimmer turns or strokes through the pool while water splashes around her. — A stroke or turn creates a splash around the swimmer in the outdoor pool.

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