Southhampton New York-1937: Women Bathing During The Warmer Months In A Local Pool

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSouthhampton, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Women Bathing During The Warmer Months In A Local Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures women enjoying a sunny day at a local pool in Southampton, New York. The black-and-white footage shows a swimmer gliding through the water, followed by scenes of two women relaxing by the poolside—one in a light-colored dress, the other in a dark swimsuit—laughing and chatting on a towel. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect authentic 1930s home movie aesthetics, evoking a sense of leisure and nostalgia from a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 127264482

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing East Coast summer leisure, poolside recreation, or women’s bathing scenes for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The bathing suit styles, light summer dress, poolside towels, and black-and-white 8mm look may show late-1930s leisure fashion and informal outdoor recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves relaxed, unstaged social behavior as women swim, sit on towels, smile toward the camera, and talk beside the pool.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling pool water, a swimmer, two women by a hedge, towels, a light dress, a dark swimsuit, shoes, and a poolside signpost.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing consistent with original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transitional memory beat, or cutaway for 1930s summer recreation, women’s leisure, or poolside social life.
Historical context: The scenes show informal warm-weather bathing and socializing in Southampton, New York, without visible public landmarks or identifiable commercial setting.
Research note: People’s faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or music are visible or indicated.
Research search match: Researcher searches it may match include 1930s women swimming, Southampton New York pool, 8mm summer leisure, vintage bathing suits, and home movie poolside.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1937 Southampton material, then with broader 1930s swimming, summer leisure, or women’s recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1937 8mm frame showing a swimmer gliding through an outdoor pool in Southampton, New York. — A swimmer moves through the pool as sunlight reflects across the water.

Black-and-white 1937 home-movie frame of two women relaxing on towels near a hedge in Southampton, New York. — Two women sit poolside on towels, one smiling toward the camera beside a signpost.

1937 black-and-white 8mm frame showing two women seated on poolside towels, one in a light dress and one in a dark swimsuit. — The women sit beside the hedge, with towels and small personal items on the ground.

Black-and-white Southampton home-movie frame from 1937 with two women relaxing and smiling at poolside. — Two women pause on the poolside towels, smiling and chatting near the hedge.

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