Mexico-1952: Seated Paddlers Crossing a Bay Below Hillside Hotels

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationMexico
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 · Mexico
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1952 · Xochimilco & Mexico · Reel 433539a3 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

water sports
beach holiday
travel
leisure
tourism in Mexico
mid-century recreation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Tropical bay at a beach resort with a seawall and hotels on a wooded, rocky hillside
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural sunlight
People: 5 · Two adults seated on boards using double-bladed paddles, one in a white sun hat and light top, one in a pink swimsuit; a standing paddleboarder in the background; distant bathers in a small boat.
Vehicles: small boat
Objects: paddleboards · double-bladed paddles · single paddle · sun hat · swimsuit · seawall walkway · small boat
Colors: deep blue · white · dark green · pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A paddler in a pink swimsuit sits on a board at left as a standing paddleboarder glides behind.
A second seated paddler in a white sun hat comes in from the left edge.
The pair stroke across the centre of the bay below the seawall and hillside hotels.
The paddlers move toward the right as a small boat with bathers sits off the far shore.

Seated Paddlers Crossing a Bay Below Hillside Hotels — Clip Details

Probably a Pacific beach resort in Mexico, circa 1952 home movie footage: two seated paddlers with double-bladed paddles cross a deep blue bay from left to right, one in a white sun hat and the other in a pink swimsuit, sitting one behind the other on long white boards. A standing paddleboarder works the water behind them, and a small boat with bathers appears at right. White hotels climb a wooded hillside above a concrete seawall walkway with arched openings. The handheld camera pans gently to follow, and the colour carries a strong blue cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001793

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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: Mexico 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: Serves requests for early 1950s resort leisure and early board paddling, useful to surf history, travel history and Mexico tourism documentaries.
Period detail: The swimwear, the low-rise white hotels on an undeveloped hillside and the colour stock may show a resort of the early 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist's camera follows two holidaymakers paddling casually across the bay, an unstaged moment of resort leisure.
What appears in frame: Two seated paddlers on long white boards, a person in a white sun hat, another in a pink swimsuit, a standing paddleboarder, a small boat with bathers, a seawall with arched openings and white hotels on a hill.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain and a strong blue colour shift give the handheld 8mm image a saturated, dreamlike archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat in a beach sequence, or as a short establishing insert for resort leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows board paddling as a recreational pastime among visitors at a Mexican bay resort, recorded on amateur colour film during a trip.
Research note: The film's copyright sits with its maker or heirs, separate from any likeness rights of the distant, unnamed people, and the hotels are private property; buyers should assess their own use.
Research search match: 1950s paddleboarding home movie, vintage Mexico beach resort 8mm, seated paddlers double-bladed paddles, mid-century tourist water sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's swimmer diving off a rock into the bay, then the trajinera and sarape vendor clips from Xochimilco, then other 1950s beach and water sports footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Seated paddlers and a standing paddleboarder on a blue bay below hillside hotels, Mexico, circa 1952 — Two seated paddlers start across the bay as a standing paddleboarder glides behind them, Mexico, circa 1952.
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Paddlers mid-stroke on long boards in a resort bay, likely a Pacific beach resort in Mexico, circa 1952 — Mid-stroke on long white boards, with the seawall and resort buildings on the far shore.
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Seated paddlers crossing the centre of a deep blue bay below white hotels, Mexico, early 1950s home movie — The pair cross the centre of the bay while a small boat with bathers sits off the far shore.
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Two seated paddlers pulling across a bay below hillside resort hotels in Mexico, circa 1952, on 8mm film — The paddlers pull toward the right edge of the frame below the hotel-lined hillside, circa 1952.
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