South Dakota-1954: Girls Swimming and Playing in Lake

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

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Girls Swimming and Playing in Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures girls swimming and playing in a lake in South Dakota. The footage shows a young girl laughing at the water's edge, legs kicking in the water, and another girl in a light-colored swim cap splashing and smiling. The scene unfolds at a natural lakeside with trees in the background and a yellow buoy floating nearby. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic 1950s summer vacation atmosphere. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, and historical storytelling.

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: 127607709

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 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: 1950s South Dakota home-movie lake swimming footage for productions needing casual summer recreation, family vacation, or mid-century leisure inserts.
Period detail: The swim cap, simple swimsuit, buoy, and soft 8mm color may show mid-1950s lakeside recreation, supported by the clip metadata date of 1954.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged play, with a girl laughing, kicking in the water, and splashing toward the camera from a close family-filmed viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling swimmer, a swim cap, lake water, raised legs, a yellow buoy, a wooded shoreline, bright sky, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, color fading, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld motion.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, summer-vacation cutaway, transition into family leisure, or brief insert for mid-century outdoor recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual lakeside play and bathing attire in a domestic vacation setting, without visible landmarks or named public events.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s 8mm lake swimming, South Dakota home movie girls swimming, vintage summer vacation footage, and family lake recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1954 South Dakota footage, then broader 1950s lake, swimming, and family holiday scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1954 South Dakota 8mm frame of a smiling swimmer in a patterned swim cap near the lake surface. — A swimmer in a cap smiles close to the camera at the lakeside.

Close 8mm view of a swimmer's face above the water, with blue sky and a dark shoreline behind. — A swimmer is filmed from close range with sky and trees in the background.

A swimmer's legs rise from the lake in a playful kick, with a yellow buoy and wooded shoreline visible behind. — Legs kick up from the water near a yellow buoy at the lake.

1954 South Dakota home-movie frame of a swimmer in a light swim cap laughing and splashing in the lake. — A swimmer laughs and splashes in the water with the shoreline behind her.

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