Mazatlan Mexico-1972: Person Parachuting Over Ocean With Boat

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationMazatlan, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Mazatlan Mexico

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Person Parachuting Over Ocean With Boat — Clip Details

Vintage 1972 home movie footage from Mazatlan, Mexico, showing a person parachuting over the deep blue ocean. A yellow and red parachute descends above the water, with a small white boat visible below. A speedboat creates a white wake in the distance, adding motion to the scene. The clip exhibits classic 8mm film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly faded quality characteristic of home movies from the era. The shot is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was captured through a window or viewfinder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120913443

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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: Mazatlan, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s travel, leisure, coastal recreation, or aerial-sport sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage from Mazatlan, Mexico.
Period detail: The 1972 source date, 8mm look, saturated blue water, small boats, and recreational parachute suggest early 1970s vacation activity without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot observation, holding on a distant parachutist descending over the ocean while boats move through the frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow-and-red parachute, a small suspended person, deep blue ocean, a small white boat, a passing speedboat wake, dark film borders, and slight frame jitter.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, dense blue color, minor exposure variation, and dark scan borders that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel-memory cutaway, recreation beat, or transition within a Mazatlan vacation or 1970s seaside sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational parachuting or parasailing-style activity over coastal water as seen from a vacation-film vantage point, with boats providing scale and movement.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness considerations may still apply even though no face, logo, brand, private property, or audible music is evident from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 Mazatlan 8mm parachuting over ocean, vintage Mexico vacation boat footage, 1970s coastal recreation home movie, and parachute over sea archive clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1972 Mazatlan coastal scenes, then broader 1970s Mexico travel, ocean recreation, boating, or vacation home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Mazatlan home-movie frame showing a distant person suspended beneath a yellow-and-red parachute above deep blue ocean, with a small boat below and dark film borders at the sides. — Parachute descending over open water with a small boat below.

1972 Mazatlan frame with a distant parachutist above the ocean, a small white boat lower in frame, and a speedboat leaving a bright wake to the right. — Parachutist above the ocean as a speedboat wake crosses the background.

1972 Mazatlan home-movie frame showing the parachute lower over open water, with the suspended person visible beneath it, two small boats near the bottom, and a white wake crossing the right side. — Parachute, boats, and wake spread across the blue water.

1972 Mazatlan frame showing a distant parachutist over blue ocean, with small boats near the lower edge and a long white speedboat wake stretching across the water. — Distant parachutist above boats and a broad wake on the ocean.

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