United States-1958: Children Splashing Beside an Inner Tube as an Adult Watches

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
water play
outdoor recreation
swimming
adult supervision
summer leisure

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · Slightly elevated, looking down across the water
Setting: outdoor · Shallow lake swimming area with water filling the frame
Time and weather: daytime · likely summer · Sunlit; sky outside the frame
Lighting: Natural sunlight with bright water reflections and shadowed figures
People: 3 · One adult in dark swim trunks stands beside two children; one child wears an orange flotation vest and dark bottoms, while the other plays lower in the water.
Objects: black inner tube · orange flotation vest · pink handheld toy · dark swim trunks
Colors: gray-blue · orange · black · muted pink · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A child in an orange vest holds up a pink toy beside the adult and floating tube.
The vested child wades forward while the second child crouches in the water.
The second child bends forward beside the adult.
Spray spreads behind the inner tube as the vested child continues toward the foreground.

Children Splashing Beside an Inner Tube as an Adult Watches — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958 home movie footage shows an adult and two children in shallow water beside a floating black inner tube. A child wearing an orange flotation vest lowers a pink handheld toy and wades toward the foreground. The other child bends forward into the water, creating a splash while the adult stands nearby. One continuous view looks slightly down across sunlit ripples.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003866

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

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: 1958 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: This circa 1958 scene serves documentary requests for American childhood, lake recreation and informal swimming footage.
Period detail: Dark high-waisted swim trunks and a bulky orange flotation vest support the tentative circa 1958 dating.
Home-movie behavior: The children continue their water play while the adult watches nearby, without a sustained pose for the camera.
What appears in frame: An adult and two children share shallow rippling water with a black inner tube, an orange flotation vest and a pink handheld toy.
Film character: Soft detail, muted color, grain, dust and vertical marks accompany bright water reflections in the digitally captured film projection.
Edit role: The brief splash works as an action insert or a memory beat within a longer swimming sequence.
Historical context: The scene records informal lake recreation with a rubber inner tube and a child's flotation vest, without identifying a particular swimming site.
Research note: Adults and minors appear with limited facial detail; copyright licensing is separate from likeness permissions, and no location-specific property rights are established.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1958 American swimming home movies, children splashing and a black inner tube in shallow lake water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's toddler wading and family motorboat scenes, then other United States footage from circa 1958, followed by childhood swimming material.

Still Frames From This Clip

United States, circa 1958: an adult and two children play in shallow lake water, with an orange flotation vest, raised pink toy and black inner tube. — A child raises a pink toy while an adult stands nearby and a black inner tube floats in front.
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United States, circa 1958: a vested child wades forward as a second child crouches near an adult, with a black inner tube floating to the left. — The vested child moves forward while the second child stays low in the water beside the adult.
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United States, circa 1958: a child bends into shallow lake water behind a black inner tube as an adult watches and a vested child wades nearby. — A child leans forward into the water behind the floating tube.
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United States, circa 1958: a splash spreads behind a floating inner tube, with an adult standing in the lake and a vested child in the foreground. — A broad splash rises behind the inner tube as the vested child continues wading.
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