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Girl at the waterline beside net stakes on a bay beach, probably the US East Coast, circa 1958 8mm home movie

A girl starts her run at the water's edge, with net stakes in the shallows behind her. Circa 1958.

1958 · United States

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Circa 1948 colour 8mm frame of a blond toddler in red trunks standing side-on with a pail and toy shovel on a beach in the United States.

A toddler in red trunks stands on the sand with his tin pail and toy shovel, circa 1948.

1948 · United States

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Toddler in red trunks looks down at the sand while holding a tin pail and red shovel, United States beach, circa 1948 home movie.

The boy turns toward the camera and looks down at the sand, pail and shovel in hand.

1948 · United States

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Blond toddler mid-stride on a sunny beach in the United States, circa 1948, carrying a red shovel and a tin pail with a red checked band.

Mid-stride across the sand, the toddler carries his shovel in one hand and his tin pail in the other.

1948 · United States

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Circa 1948 home movie frame of a blond toddler facing the camera with his tin sand pail on a sunlit beach in the United States.

The toddler stops and looks into the lens, his tin pail hanging from one hand.

1948 · United States

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A woman with curled grey hair looks off to the right at the start of the shot; film-gate hairs cross the frame.

1952 · United States

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Circa 1952 8mm frame of two women and a man in swimsuits at the waterline of a wooded lake beach in the United States, the man mid-step on wet sand.

Three bathers gather at the water's edge of a lake swimming beach, United States, circa 1952.

1952 · United States

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Woman in a blue one-piece smiling at a tall man beside a lake in the United States, circa 1952, with a figure seated on a ladder stand behind them.

The woman in blue turns toward the man in yellow trunks as two swimmers stand in the shallows behind.

1952 · United States

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Soft-focus 8mm view of three bathers talking at a wooded United States lake beach, circa 1952, framed by an onlooker's dark curly hair at right.

The camera drifts right, taking in the ladder stand and the onlooker's dark hair in the foreground.

1952 · United States

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Man in yellow trunks leaning close to a woman in blue at a lake swimming area in the United States, circa 1952, swimmers standing waist-deep behind.

The man leans in toward the woman in blue while swimmers wade inside the roped area.

1952 · United States

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Circa 1952 8mm frame of a man bending to scoop water at a friend in maroon trunks at a wooded lake beach in the United States.

One man bends to scoop water as the other stands ready in the shallows, circa 1952.

1952 · United States

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Two men in plaid and maroon trunks squaring off in the shallows of a wooded lake in the United States, circa 1952 home movie.

The two men circle each other beside the float line, the man in plaid trunks grinning.

1952 · United States

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Splashing breaks out between two men at a United States lake swimming beach, circa 1952, with bathers and an inner tube behind them.

Water flies as the man in plaid trunks lunges away from his companion.

1952 · United States

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Circa 1952 lake beach in the United States: a big splash where one man has gone under while another in maroon trunks wades after him.

A burst of spray marks where one man has plunged in as the other follows him out.

1952 · United States

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Woman smoking a cigarette on a wooded lake beach in the United States, circa 1952, glancing at the camera as a man with a crew cut lies beside her.

A woman with a cigarette in her lips looks toward the camera on a lake beach, circa 1952, United States.

1952 · United States

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She turns away from the lens while the man beside her grins.

1952 · United States

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A man with a crew cut laughs on the sand as a woman in a dark blue swimsuit bends toward her hands, lake beach in the United States, circa 1952.

The woman looks down at her hands and her companion breaks into a laugh.

1952 · United States

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Cigarette still in her mouth, the woman sits with knees raised as the man smiles up at her.

1952 · United States

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White frame resort hotel and beach pavilion among autumn trees above the bay beach at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963, from 8mm home movie film.

White frame resort buildings above the beach at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963, with autumn colour in the trees.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Three-storey white hotel behind a dark-roofed pavilion on the Betterton, Maryland waterfront in fall colour, circa 1963, 8mm film still.

The three-storey white hotel and the pavilion below it, Betterton waterfront, circa 1963.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Off-season Chesapeake Bay shore at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963: white wooden resort buildings and a gabled hotel half hidden by autumn trees.

An empty beach and resort buildings in autumn at Betterton on the upper Chesapeake Bay, circa 1963.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Sunlit white frame hotel and pavilion above an empty beach in Betterton, Kent County, Maryland, circa 1963, with tall bare and autumn-coloured trees.

Empty sand below the white frame hotel and pavilion at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Swimmers in shallow blue water and surf on a sandy shore seen from above, likely Hawaii, circa 1970 home movie frame.

The shot begins over the water, with swimmers in the shallows and surf running onto the sand.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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Coconut palm above a surf-washed beach with a rock groin and sunbathers, likely Hawaii, circa 1970 small-gauge film frame.

The camera tilts up past a coconut palm and a rock groin reaching into the shallows; a hair is visible in the film gate.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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