United States-1959: Swimmers on a Floating Raft Seen Through a Pool Fence

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1959 · United States · Reel c0b56a5c contains 3 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 recreation
public swimming pool
family leisure
mid-century America
swimwear
community life
childhood summers

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · public outdoor swimming pool with bathhouse, lifeguard stand and trees
Time and weather: daytime · summer · clear to lightly hazy
Lighting: natural daylight, soft and even
People: 12 · A woman in a black one-piece swimsuit, a boy and a man in pale trunks on a floating raft; a dark-haired woman in a black swimsuit in the foreground; a lifeguard seated on the stand; a swimmer in the water; several bathers, including children, along the far deck.
Objects: chain-link fence · floating raft · lifeguard stand · umbrella · brick bathhouse · pool ladder rails · light pole · windows
Colors: turquoise · blue-violet · brick brown · red · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Through the fence, a woman in a black swimsuit bends forward on the floating raft.
She straightens up as a boy and a man in pale trunks stand beside her.
A swimmer's head surfaces next to the raft while the man walks to its edge.
The group stands on the raft as the foreground woman smiles near the fence.

Swimmers on a Floating Raft Seen Through a Pool Fence — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1959, home movie footage looks through the mesh of a chain-link fence at a public outdoor swimming pool. A woman in a black swimsuit, a boy and a man in pale trunks stand on a white floating raft as a swimmer surfaces nearby. Behind them are a red lifeguard stand under an umbrella and a brick bathhouse with a blue hip roof, and a dark-haired woman smiles in the lower right foreground. The single steady wide shot is on 8mm colour reversal film with a cool cyan cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotExterior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001109

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 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: Fits requests for late-1950s American summer leisure, giving documentary and education producers a real public pool scene with swimmers, a raft and a lifeguard stand.
Period detail: Plain one-piece swimsuits, a brick bathhouse with a hip roof and a tall red lifeguard stand may show a late-1950s municipal pool.
Home-movie behavior: The camera operator stands outside the fence and simply watches swimmers climb and stand on the raft, catching unposed moments of a crowded summer afternoon.
What appears in frame: The shot shows a chain-link fence in the foreground, a woman smiling near it, three swimmers on a white floating raft, a red lifeguard stand under an umbrella, and a brick bathhouse with a blue roof.
Film character: Fine grain, cyan-shifted faded colour and a slightly soft background give the shot the texture of projected 8mm reversal film.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot for a pool sequence, a period cutaway in a summer montage, or a memory beat framed through the fence.
Historical context: Public outdoor pools like this one, with a bathhouse, lifeguard and floating raft, were a familiar setting for family summer outings in mid-century America.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness rights of the visible adults and children, and the pool facility is unidentified, so buyers should assess likeness and location concerns for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s public swimming pool 8mm, vintage pool raft swimmers, old lifeguard stand footage, and mid-century summer home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the girl wading and wiping her face and the girl swimming crawl from this reel, then with other circa 1959 US pool footage, then with summer swimming material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1959 public pool in the United States: woman bends on a floating raft near a red lifeguard stand and brick bathhouse — Through the fence, a woman in a black swimsuit bends forward on a floating raft as two others stand nearby.
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Circa 1959 8mm view of three swimmers on a raft at a US public pool, with a smiling woman in the foreground — Three swimmers stand on the raft while a dark-haired woman in a black swimsuit smiles near the fence.
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Circa 1959 US public pool: a swimmer surfaces beside the raft while a man in pale trunks walks to its edge — A swimmer surfaces beside the raft as a man in pale trunks steps to the far edge.
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Circa 1959 home movie wide shot of a US public pool: raft swimmers, red lifeguard stand and blue-roofed bathhouse — Wide view of the pool with swimmers on the raft, the red lifeguard stand and the brick bathhouse behind.
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