New York-1967: Swimmer Approaching a Floating Platform Ladder

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 · New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

outdoor recreation
swimming
sunbathing
lake leisure
personal memories
everyday life

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt · Across the water from a slightly elevated viewpoint
Setting: outdoor · Lake bathing area with a floating swimming platform and buoy boundary
Time and weather: Daytime · Likely summer · No precipitation visible; sky outside the frame
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright highlights on splashes and the platform deck
People: 2 · One swimmer is mostly submerged, with head and intermittent arm movement visible; another person reclines on the platform with bent legs. Ages and facial details are unclear.
Objects: floating swimming platform · metal ladder · buoy line · pale floats · yellow buoys · platform siding
Colors: blue-purple · dark green · off-white · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A swimmer splashes beyond a foreground buoy line.
The swimmer continues toward the platform ladder.
Upward reframing reveals a reclining sunbather above the approaching swimmer.
The swimmer is close to the ladder as the shot ends.

Swimmer Approaching a Floating Platform Ladder — Clip Details

Probably in New York, circa 1967 home movie footage shows a swimmer crossing a buoyed bathing area toward a floating platform. Repeated strokes throw splashes above the dark water as the swimmer approaches the metal ladder. A reclining sunbather becomes more visible on the deck as the framing shifts upward. The continuous distant view includes rippling water and a foreground float line, with soft detail and a strong blue-purple cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002999

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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: 1967 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: New York, 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: This circa 1967 home movie supplies a short recreational swimming action for documentaries about American leisure and personal memory.
Period detail: The visible swimwear may show middle to late 1960s leisure clothing, but neither the ladder nor the platform fixes a narrow date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows an ordinary swim toward a resting place while another person continues reclining above the water.
What appears in frame: The view contains a swimmer, splashing water, a floating platform, a metal ladder, a reclining figure and a foreground buoy line.
Film character: Grain, soft detail, uneven exposure and a strong blue-purple cast give the projected small-gauge capture its visible archival texture.
Edit role: The swimmer's approach provides a short action bridge into platform recreation, with a clear destination but no completed climb.
Historical context: The buoy boundary and floating deck show an organized lake bathing area, provisionally associated with New York, circa 1967.
Research note: Two people and a recreational platform are visible; faces are indistinct and ages uncertain, while footage copyright remains separate from likeness and property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1967 lake swimming, a swimmer approaching a platform ladder and small-gauge American leisure home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's platform play, lakeside dock recreation and outdoor meal, then probable New York footage from circa 1967, followed by broader lake swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A swimmer splashes toward a floating platform beyond a buoy line, probably in New York, circa 1967. — A swimmer crosses the buoyed bathing area toward the platform.
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A swimmer advances through dark blue water below a platform ladder, probably in New York, circa 1967. — Spray rises beside the swimmer during the approach to the ladder.
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A mostly submerged swimmer nears the floating deck in a buoyed lake area, probably in New York, circa 1967. — The swimmer continues toward the platform through rippling water.
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A swimmer reaches the vicinity of a ladder beneath a reclining sunbather, probably at a New York lake, circa 1967. — The platform and reclining sunbather come into fuller view as the swimmer nears the ladder.
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