Pennsylvania USA-1958: Large Swordfish Swims Past Group of Smaller Fish

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationPennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Pennsylvania

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Large Swordfish Swims Past Group of Smaller Fish — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pennsylvania USA in 1958 captures an underwater scene with a large swordfish swimming past a school of smaller fish. The grainy, green-tinted image shows natural movement through murky water, with visible film scratches and dust typical of archival Super 8 footage. The sequence reveals the swordfish's elongated body and distinctive bill as it glides through the ocean, followed by smaller fish darting in the background. This authentic, unscripted marine wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century underwater exploration and home movie filmmaking.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120921688

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 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: Pennsylvania, 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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s 8mm editorial requests needing a brief marine-life or aquarium-style underwater cutaway from a home-movie source.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century visitor or travel recording of fish seen through green-tinted underwater viewing glass, with the 1958 Pennsylvania attribution supplied by metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie view of fish drifting through murky water, framed from a fixed viewing position rather than a controlled wildlife production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green water, several small fish, a larger fish form, dark vertical frame borders, a horizontal contact-sheet division, soft focus, and film dust specks.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, green color cast, visible grain, small scratches, dust, and uneven exposure that give the sequence a recognizable physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short underwater insert, marine-life transition, memory beat, or period cutaway in a sequence about aquariums, fish, travel, or mid-century amateur filming.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for how marine animals were recorded in amateur 1950s footage, though the frames themselves do not confirm a specific venue or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and verify any species, location, or venue identification separately from likeness and property concerns.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1958 8mm underwater fish footage, vintage home movie aquarium fish, green-tinted marine wildlife film, and Pennsylvania archival fish footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 Pennsylvania material, and then with broader vintage 8mm marine, aquarium, fish, or underwater-viewing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame attributed to Pennsylvania showing small fish moving through green, softly focused water with visible film borders and dust. — Small fish pass through green water.

1958 8mm frame attributed to Pennsylvania showing a larger pale fish form beneath smaller fish in green, murky water, with heavy film softness and dark edge borders. — Larger fish form below smaller fish.

1958 8mm home-movie frame attributed to Pennsylvania showing a bright fish crossing green water near the bottom edge of the contact sheet, with soft focus and visible film grain. — Bright fish crosses the frame.

1958 8mm frame attributed to Pennsylvania showing several faint fish shapes in green water, partly obscured by murk, grain, and the contact-sheet split. — Faint fish shapes in murky water.

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