Mexico-1972: Elevated Pan Across a Curving Pool With Swimmers and Floating Loungers

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationMexico
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · Mexico
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

leisure
swimming
holiday travel
resort recreation
sunbathing
tropical landscaping
amateur travel filming

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · tilt · handheld · Elevated, steep downward view
Setting: outdoor · Tropical resort swimming pool with a furnished terrace and dense palm landscaping
Time and weather: Daytime · Indeterminate · Sunny
Lighting: Strong direct sunlight with bright water reflections and deep foliage shadows
People: 12 · Approximately twelve distant bathers and poolside figures are visible in the broader views; some swim or stand in the water, others recline on floating mattresses or sit beside the pool, and faces and ages are indistinct.
Objects: curving swimming pool · floating mattresses · sun loungers · parasols · palm trees · pool coping · terrace paving · pale outdoor chairs · thatched roofs · balustrade
Colors: turquoise blue · dark green · pale beige · white · lavender
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The elevated view includes palms, thatched roofs, a furnished terrace and the upper curve of the pool.
Swimmers and a reclining person on a floating mattress appear beside rows of sun loungers.
The pan opens across the water with two occupied floating mattresses separated by swimmers.
The view reaches the palm-filled edge, with pale chairs beneath the trees and a floating mattress below.

Elevated Pan Across a Curving Pool With Swimmers and... — Clip Details

Likely Mexico, circa 1972 home movie footage shows a curving blue swimming pool surrounded by palms and rows of sun loungers. From an elevated viewpoint, the camera pans right and downward across people swimming, standing in the water and reclining on floating mattresses. The view moves from the furnished terrace toward a densely planted pool edge, with pale chairs beneath the trees. Bright water contrasts with deep foliage shadows throughout the continuous shot.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004701

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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: 1972 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: This likely Mexico resort view answers documentary briefs for circa 1972 swimming holidays, tropical leisure and visitor-filmed accommodation grounds.
Period detail: The terrace may show early 1970s leisure furnishings, with low sun loungers, pastel parasols and simple rectangular floating mattresses.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor surveys the grounds from above while distant bathers continue swimming, floating and sitting without visibly addressing the camera.
What appears in frame: The shot contains a curving blue basin, swimmers, occupied floating mattresses, rows of sun loungers, parasols, thatched roofs and dense palms.
Film character: Grain, soft detail, saturated blue water, deep shadows, slight camera instability and a vertical mark convey the texture of a photographed small-gauge projection.
Edit role: The continuous pan works as a resort establishing shot or a leisure cutaway between coastal travel scenes.
Historical context: The shared swimming area, closely arranged loungers and ornamental palms document the leisure setting encountered by the filmmaker.
Research note: Distant people and resort property are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any likeness or property permissions required for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches for circa 1972 resort swimming, likely Mexico holiday home movies and small-gauge footage of palm-lined leisure grounds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's resort coastline panorama and thatched waterfront resort, then other likely Mexico scenes circa 1972, followed by swimming and holiday leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Likely Mexico, circa 1972: swimmers and a reclining floater occupy a blue resort pool beside palm-shaded rows of sun loungers. — Swimmers and a floating mattress beside the furnished terrace, seen from above.
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A reclining floater and scattered bathers in a tropical resort pool, likely Mexico, circa 1972, with terrace seating to the left. — A floating bather crosses the central view as the camera follows the pool.
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Likely Mexico, circa 1972: two occupied floating mattresses sit apart on a curving resort pool, with a swimmer between them and palms in front. — Two floating mattresses occupy the broader stretch of the pool.
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Palm-filled grounds and pale chairs border a resort pool with a reclining floater, likely Mexico, circa 1972. — The pan reaches a densely planted edge with chairs beneath the palms.
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