Florida-1957: Shallow Blue Pool Shaped Like Florida Connected To A Dock On The Ocean

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Florida

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Shallow Blue Pool Shaped Like Florida Connected To A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a shallow, turquoise pool shaped like the state of Florida, connected to a dock on the ocean. The footage shows the pool's white concrete edges and calm water under bright daylight, with a dark surrounding area suggesting a coastal setting. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and subtle camera movement evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American summer memory. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about 1950s leisure and retro Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127276784

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1496 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,christening
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1957 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: Florida, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Florida leisure, coastal tourism, resort design, or retro Americana productions needing a brief home-movie pool and dock cutaway.
Period detail: The shallow state-shaped pool, white concrete edging, and faded color 8mm texture support a mid-century leisure setting in Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The clip offers an unstaged visitor viewpoint, looking down at a novelty pool feature from a fixed or gently drifting home-movie camera position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise shallow water, white concrete pool borders, a Florida-shaped outline, adjacent dock structures, dark surrounding water, and bright sun exposure.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight exposure bloom on the concrete, and minimal handheld movement typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short insert, location-establishing cutaway, transition beat, or memory fragment for mid-century coastal recreation.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects a designed leisure or tourist setting, with a novelty Florida-shaped pool placed near oceanfront dock structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location ownership, and any property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 8mm Florida pool footage, vintage coastal resort cutaway, state-shaped swimming pool, and mid-century home movie water scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1957 Florida coastal material, then with broader 1950s leisure, tourism, and swimming pool themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Florida home-movie frame showing a shallow turquoise pool shaped like the state, with white concrete edges near a dock over dark water. — A state-shaped turquoise pool sits beside dock structures in bright daylight.

The Florida-shaped pool remains centered, its pale concrete border contrasting with dark surrounding water and dock details at the top edge. — The pool outline and pale concrete rim are clearly visible from above.

A later frame shows the same 1957 Florida pool from a slightly shifted home-movie angle, with soft grain and faded turquoise water. — The camera drifts slightly while holding on the novelty pool and nearby dock.

Final frame of the clip holds on the shallow Florida-shaped pool, with white concrete curves, dock details, and dark water around the feature. — The clip ends on the state-shaped pool framed against dark surrounding water.

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