United States-1952: Two Men in Swim Trunks Splashing Each Other in Lake Shallows

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1952 · United States · Reel fd5b3b0f contains 4 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

summer leisure
horseplay
friendship
lake swimming
postwar recreation
outdoor play
mid-century American life

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level from the shore
Setting: outdoor · Sandy freshwater lake beach with a roped-off swimming area and a densely wooded far shore
Time and weather: midday · summer · Fair and bright
Lighting: Bright natural daylight with soft shadows
People: 6 · Two shirtless adult men in plaid and dark maroon swim trunks in the foreground, a bather in yellow trunks with a companion behind them, and distant swimmers including one on an inner tube.
Objects: large white floats · line of small floats · inner tube · wooden plank at the waterline · swim trunks
Colors: dark green · blue-grey · tan · maroon · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two men in swim trunks face each other in ankle-deep water beside a row of white floats.
The man in plaid trunks bends down and scoops water at the other.
They circle and square off, the man in plaid grinning.
Splashing breaks out and the man in plaid lunges away into deeper water.
He goes under in a burst of spray as the man in maroon trunks wades after him.

Two Men in Swim Trunks Splashing Each Other in Lake Shallows — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1952 home movie footage shows two men in swim trunks horsing around in the shallows of a wooded lake beach. One, in plaid trunks, bends to scoop water while the other, in dark maroon trunks, stands facing him. They splash each other, then the man in plaid runs deeper and plunges in with a burst of spray as the other follows. Other bathers wade behind them and someone floats on an inner tube. It is one handheld wide shot from the sand, soft in focus with saturated colour.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000564

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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: 1952 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: Answers requests for early-1950s American summer recreation, giving a short burst of adult horseplay in the water for documentary or nostalgia sequences.
Period detail: Boxer-style plaid and solid swim trunks, short men's haircuts and a swimming area marked by white floats suggest the late 1940s to mid 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: The men play for each other and only half for the camera, one grinning toward the lens before bolting into deeper water, which gives the clip an unstaged feel.
What appears in frame: Two men in swim trunks, a row of large white floats, a farther line of small floats, bathers wading behind, a figure on an inner tube, a strip of sand and a dark wooded shore.
Film character: Soft-focus regular 8mm with dense Kodachrome-like colour, visible grain, dust specks, fine scratches and a slight handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as an action insert or memory beat within a lake or beach sequence, with the final splash offering a natural cut point.
Historical context: It shows adults sharing a supervised-looking, roped-off freshwater swimming area, a common form of summer leisure in mid-century America.
Research note: The people are unidentified private individuals and the lake is unnamed; copyright in the film is separate from any likeness considerations, which users should assess for their own use.
Research search match: 1950s lake beach home movie, men splashing in water, vintage 8mm swimming footage, plaid swim trunks, mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's bathers standing at the water's edge, woman smoking on the beach and smiling woman portrait, then with other circa 1952 lake or swimming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1952 8mm frame of a man bending to scoop water at a friend in maroon trunks at a wooded lake beach in the United States. — One man bends to scoop water as the other stands ready in the shallows, circa 1952.
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Two men in plaid and maroon trunks squaring off in the shallows of a wooded lake in the United States, circa 1952 home movie. — The two men circle each other beside the float line, the man in plaid trunks grinning.
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Splashing breaks out between two men at a United States lake swimming beach, circa 1952, with bathers and an inner tube behind them. — Water flies as the man in plaid trunks lunges away from his companion.
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Circa 1952 lake beach in the United States: a big splash where one man has gone under while another in maroon trunks wades after him. — A burst of spray marks where one man has plunged in as the other follows him out.
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