French Lick Indiana-1958: Swimmers at Poolside on Sunny Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationFrench Lick, Indiana, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 French Lick Indiana

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Swimmers at Poolside on Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a local swimming pool in French Lick, Indiana. A man in red plaid swim trunks and sunglasses lounges on a metal chair, laughing with a woman in a black and white strapless swimsuit. Other swimmers relax nearby, with lush green trees forming a backdrop under a bright blue sky. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, preserving the authentic look of a mid-century family vacation.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127493522

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 2028 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: twenty grand
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: french lick, indiana
Date: 1958 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: French Lick, Indiana, 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

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 American leisure, vacation, and public-pool recreation sequences needing candid 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: Visible clues include mid-century swimwear, metal poolside lounge chairs, sunglasses, and soft 8mm color typical of late-1950s home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged poolside relaxation as adults lounge, pose, smile, and interact casually with the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in swimwear, a metal lounge chair, a strapless swimsuit, sunglasses, trees, bright sky, poolside decking, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, vacation memory beat, warm-weather transition, or cutaway within a mid-century leisure montage.
Historical context: The scene shows social outdoor recreation at a swimming pool in French Lick, Indiana, without enough visual evidence to identify the facility or individuals.
Research note: Several identifiable adults appear, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness permissions and any venue-related concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 French Lick Indiana swimming pool home movie, 1950s poolside adults, and vintage 8mm summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other French Lick or 1958 Indiana footage, then broader 1950s pool, vacation, and summer leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 French Lick poolside scene with a man in sunglasses reclining on a metal chair near adults in swimwear. — A man relaxes in sunglasses on a metal lounge chair during a sunny poolside gathering.

Two adult men in swimwear stand close together outdoors, with trees behind them at the French Lick swimming pool. — Two men pause near the pool edge, one with an arm around the other, against a leafy backdrop.

Adults in swimwear stand by the pool in 1958 French Lick, framed softly by handheld 8mm footage and trees. — Two men stand together near the swimming pool as the camera catches them in soft focus.

Poolside 8mm frame from French Lick with two men posing together and another adult partly visible in the foreground. — Two men face the camera near the pool as another swimmer passes through the foreground.

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