South Dakota-1954: Women Swimming and Doing Handstands in Lake

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

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Women Swimming and Doing Handstands in Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures two women in a lake, wearing classic swim caps and bathing suits. They playfully splash and perform handstands in the water, their movements creating dynamic splashes against the deep blue lake. The footage shows natural film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic 1950s aesthetic, with a yellow buoy visible in the background. The women laugh and interact, embodying carefree summer fun and mid-century leisure. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into everyday life and recreation in South Dakota during the 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127607677

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1954 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: South Dakota, 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 1950s home-movie requests involving summer recreation, women swimming, lake leisure, or mid-century everyday life in South Dakota.
Period detail: The swim caps, one-piece bathing suits, 8mm color look, and buoy line may show mid-century recreational swimming customs consistent with the 1954 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as two women splash, assist each other, and perform playful handstands in shallow lake water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women in swim caps, dark bathing suits, blue lake water, splashes, a floating line or buoy marker, and a dark wooded shoreline.
Film character: The footage has saturated blue water, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld 8mm framing that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, summer-memory cutaway, transition between lake scenes, or visual beat for informal mid-century recreation.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for casual women’s lake swimming and recreational play in a documented South Dakota home-movie setting.
Research note: People are visible and likely identifiable enough for likeness review; copyright status, permissions, and any location releases should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1954 South Dakota 8mm lake swimming, women in swim caps home movie, 1950s summer recreation, and vintage handstands in water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other South Dakota 1954 lake scenes, then broader 1950s swimming and summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In South Dakota home-movie footage from 1954, two women in swim caps and bathing suits play in a lake while water splashes in front of them. — Two women in swim caps play in the lake as a splash rises from a handstand attempt.

A woman in a swim cap performs a lake handstand while another woman in a bathing suit helps support her, with open water behind them. — One swimmer holds a handstand while her companion steadies her in the water.

A woman in a white swim cap and bathing suit moves through the lake as another swimmer is partly submerged nearby. — A swimmer turns in the lake while another person is partly visible at water level.

Two women in swim caps and bathing suits stand close together in a lake, with one appearing to adjust the other swimmer’s cap. — One woman helps adjust another swimmer’s cap during a quiet moment in the lake.

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