South Dakota-1954: Friends Having A Fun Time In The Sun

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 South Dakota

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Friends Having A Fun Time In The Sun — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures two women in classic swimsuits enjoying a sunny day at a lakeside. One wears a dark one-piece, the other a light-colored ruffled halter top, both adjusting their hair and smiling in the water. The scene includes a sandy shore, vintage cars parked nearby, and a backdrop of pine trees under a bright blue sky. The footage features natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1950s nostalgia, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 127607652

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: 1954 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: 1950s South Dakota home-movie footage suited to editorial sequences about summer recreation, friendship, lakeside leisure, or midcentury vacation life.
Period detail: The clip shows midcentury swimsuits, parked vintage cars, sandy lakeshore, and pine trees that support the 1954 South Dakota home-movie context in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Two women appear relaxed and unstaged as they adjust their hair, smile, and move along the waterline during a sunny outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women in swimsuits, a sandy shore, shallow water, parked cars, pine trees, bright sky, and handheld 8mm framing.
Film character: The footage has 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, color shift, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, summer recreation insert, lakeside transition, or cutaway for midcentury leisure scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers a personal view of casual women’s beachwear and social recreation without making broader claims beyond the visible lakeside outing.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and editorial-use review may be needed even though no logos, music, or clear private property are flagged.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s South Dakota lake home movie, women in vintage swimsuits, 8mm summer beach footage, and midcentury vacation scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with other 1954 South Dakota footage, then with lakeside leisure or vintage swimsuit scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two women in midcentury swimsuits stand by a South Dakota lakeshore, with parked cars, sand, water, and pine trees in the background. — Two women pause near the waterline during a sunny lakeside outing.

Two women in swimsuits stand at the edge of the water in the 1954 South Dakota home-movie scene, with vintage cars and trees behind them. — The women adjust their hair beside the lakeshore as cars sit in the background.

A close handheld 8mm view shows a woman in a dark swimsuit, softly focused against the bright lakeside sky. — A woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit passes close to the camera.

A woman in a patterned swimsuit walks across a sandy South Dakota lakeshore, with parked vintage cars and pine trees in the background. — A woman walks along the sandy shore in front of parked cars and trees.

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