United States-1955: Three Men in Swim Trunks Wading as a Large Wave Breaks Behind Them

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

beach leisure
ocean swimming
summer recreation
mid-century American life
surf and waves
male friendship
home movies

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level
Setting: outdoor · ocean beach shoreline with breaking surf
Time and weather: day · summer · hazy or overcast
Lighting: flat, hazy daylight
People: 5 · Three shirtless adult men in dark swim trunks in the shallows, seen in soft focus, with one or two further bathers partly visible in the foam and at the frame edge.
Objects: swim trunks · breaking wave · sea foam
Colors: blue-violet · white · grey · tan · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Three men in dark swim trunks stand in the shallows as a wave rears up dark green behind them.
The wave breaks into white foam and the middle man bends forward.
The camera drifts and a smaller bather appears in the whitewater between the men.
Two men lean toward each other in the wash while a swimmer's head shows in the foam beyond.

Three Men in Swim Trunks Wading as a Large Wave Breaks... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955 home movie footage shows three shirtless men in dark swim trunks standing in the ocean shallows while a large wave breaks white behind them. The men shift and turn in the wash, one bending forward at the waist, and a smaller bather appears in the foam further out. It is a single handheld 8mm shot of about three seconds, soft in focus, with a grey-blue sky, a hazy horizon and warm skin tones against cool water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000558

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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: 1955 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: 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: Suits requests for mid-century American beach leisure, circa 1955, where an editor needs a brief, real home-movie shot of bathers in ocean surf.
Period detail: The men's short dark swim trunks and the colour standard 8mm stock may show a 1950s beach day, though nothing in the frame fixes the date closely.
Home-movie behavior: The men are not posing for the camera; they shift, bend and brace in the wash as the wave comes in, caught as a family member or friend filmed from the sand.
What appears in frame: Three shirtless men in dark trunks, a large wave breaking into white foam, shallow wash at their feet, a smaller bather in the surf, a hazy horizon and a pale flat sky.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, a few dust specks and a cool blue-violet cast with warm skin tones give it the texture of projected colour 8mm film, with slight handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat within a beach or summer sequence, and its single uncut shot drops cleanly between longer shots.
Historical context: It shows ordinary surf bathing at an unidentified American ocean beach, recorded by an amateur with a standard 8mm camera in the years before Super 8 arrived in 1965.
Research note: The people are unidentified and seen in soft focus; copyright in the film is separate from any likeness rights, which a licensee should assess for the intended use.
Research search match: 1950s beach home movie, men wading in ocean surf, 8mm wave breaking behind swimmers, vintage swim trunks footage, mid-century American seaside.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Couple in the surf from the same reel, then with other circa 1955 American beach footage, then with vintage ocean swimming and summer leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three men in dark swim trunks in the shallows of a United States ocean beach, circa 1955, with a large wave breaking behind them in 8mm home movie film. — Three men stand in the wash as a wave rears up and breaks behind them, circa 1955.
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Men wading in whitewater at an ocean beach in the United States, circa 1955, one raising an arm while another stands behind a companion in the foam. — The broken wave spreads into a wide band of foam around the bathers.
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Circa 1955 8mm frame of men in swim trunks facing the breaking surf on a United States beach, with a smaller bather in the whitewater between them. — A smaller bather appears in the whitewater between the men in the foreground.
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Two men in dark trunks lean toward each other in the shallows of an American ocean beach, circa 1955, as a third looks on and a swimmer bobs in the surf. — Two of the men lean in toward each other in the shallows as the foam rolls past.
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