Dayton Ohio USA-1958: Crocodile Floating In The Water

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDayton, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Crocodile Floating In The Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, showing a crocodile floating in dark water. The reptile's long snout and textured back break the surface, creating ripples under dim, natural lighting. The grainy, low-light quality and film edge borders confirm its origin as a 8mm home recording. This rare archival clip captures a moment of wild wildlife in a natural aquatic setting, evoking a sense of mystery and nostalgia. Ideal for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 120977481

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: Dayton, Ohio, 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: 1950s 8mm animal footage for documentary or educational sequences needing a brief archival view of a reptile at the water surface.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie frame edges, soft focus, grain, and low-light color exposure rather than identifiable Dayton landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal feel of a visitor or family camera observing an animal from a distance without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark rippled water, a pale reptile head or snout shape, textured back surfaces, muddy banks, reeds, and black film borders.
Film character: Heavy grain, dim exposure, soft registration, and slight handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, ominous insert, or transitional memory beat within a mid-century travel or animal sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually records a mid-century home-movie encounter with a large aquatic reptile, though the setting itself is not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but species identification and location context should be checked separately from copyright licensing.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm crocodile in water, Dayton Ohio home movie reptile, vintage wildlife footage, and dark water animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel animal or water scenes, then other Dayton 1958 footage, then broader 1950s zoo, lake, or reptile material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Dayton home-movie frame showing a pale crocodile-like shape at the surface of dark rippled water. — A reptile breaks the surface of dark water in a grainy 8mm frame.

1958 Dayton 8mm frame with a crocodile-like form partly visible in dark water under dim natural light. — The animal remains partly surfaced as ripples spread across the water.

1958 Dayton home-movie frame showing muddy water, reeds, and a pale crocodile-like shape near the edge. — Muddy shoreline and reeds frame the partly visible animal in the water.

1958 Dayton 8mm frame showing a reptile-like head or back near reeds in rippled muddy water. — The reptile-like form is closest to the muddy edge and reeds in the final frame.

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