Georgia-1951: Person Swimming at Night

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationGeorgia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Georgia

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Person Swimming at Night — Clip Details

GEORGIA-1951: A grainy, dark 8mm home movie captures a mysterious nighttime scene. A small, indistinct figure appears to swim or float in dark water, illuminated by a faint orange glow. The footage shows a wooden structure with railings, possibly a dock or pier, under a starless sky. The image is heavily affected by film grain, scratches, and light leaks, characteristic of vintage 8mm film. The low-light conditions and poor visibility create an eerie, nostalgic atmosphere, evoking a sense of forgotten memory from the early 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127402012

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: 1951 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: Georgia, 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 1950s Georgia home-movie requests needing a brief nighttime swimming or waterside memory beat for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The frames may show a midcentury recreational setting, with a dark water surface, a small lit structure or dock detail, and an intertitle-like word reading Nature.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on dim water and a possible swimmer or floating figure rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark water or sky, a faintly lit railing or dock-like structure, a small bright shape near the water, heavy frame borders, and the red word Nature.
Film character: The 8mm image carries dense grain, low-light underexposure, gate edges, flicker, and warm orange highlights that give the footage a fragile home-archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nighttime insert, eerie transition, aquatic cutaway, or memory beat within a 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage suggests private leisure or travel filming in Georgia, but the darkness prevents firm identification of the site, activity, or people shown.
Research note: Human figures may be visible but are not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location or property issues should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1951 Georgia 8mm home movie night swimming, dark water home movie, vintage dock footage, and midcentury recreational film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Georgia 1951 material, then nighttime water, swimming, dock, or vacation home-movie themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Georgia 8mm frame may show a dark waterside structure with rails, faint orange light, and a possible swimmer or floating figure below. — A faintly lit dock-like structure appears against a very dark nighttime background.

Very dark 8mm frame from the Georgia clip with minimal visible detail, faint specks, and film gate edges. — The scene falls nearly into darkness, with only faint specks visible.

Low-light Georgia 8mm frame showing a small bright shape near dark water or ground, with surrounding grain and heavy shadow. — A small illuminated shape sits within a largely dark nighttime scene.

1951 Georgia 8mm frame with a dark background and a red title-like word reading Nature near the lower right. — The red word Nature appears against a dark frame.

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