Maine-1963: Small Boy in a Red Float Vest Jumps Into a Man's Arms in a Pool

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Answers requests for early 1960s American family vacation footage, especially a candid adult-and-child moment in a pool for documentary, education or nostalgic commercial work.

Period detail

The bulky red float vest, the boy's print trunks, the man's dark swim trunks and the saturated colour stock may show early 1960s leisure and swimwear styles.

Home-movie behavior

An unstaged moment of trust as a small boy leaps from the edge and is caught, filmed by a family member standing at the poolside.

What appears in frame

A boy in a red float vest and patterned trunks, a bald man chest-deep in turquoise water, splashing spray, the curved concrete pool edge, a ladder rail and a flower bed behind.

Film character

Handheld 8mm colour with visible grain, a cool cyan cast in the water, slight softness and motion blur at the jump, giving it an authentic family-film texture.

Edit role

Works as a short emotional memory beat or insert in a summer-vacation sequence, or as a cutaway under narration about childhood and family.

Historical context

Motel stops with swimming pools were part of many American family road trips of the period, and this reel records one during a Maine coast vacation.

Research note

Copyright in the film and the likeness of the identifiable man and the minor are separate matters; the people are unnamed and the pool is likely private commercial property.

Research search match

1960s boy jumps into man's arms pool; 8mm home movie child red life vest; vintage motel pool family Maine circa 1963.

Archive pairing path

Pair first with this reel's man diving off a pool springboard and family sitting on stone steps, then its Maine coast scenes such as the boat ride and Islesford post office sign, then other early 1960s pool footage.