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New Orleans Louisiana USA-1958: Underwater Snorkeling and Diving Footage

  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 New Orleans Louisiana
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Underwater Snorkeling and Diving Footage — Clip Details

Underwater footage from 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, captured on vintage 8mm film. The clip shows a murky, greenish-blue aquatic environment with a textured seabed of rocks and sand. The image quality is grainy with film artifacts, typical of home movie footage from the era. The camera moves slowly through the water, revealing shifting light patterns and faint shapes, possibly fish or marine life, in the shallow, dark water. The overall mood is mysterious and nostalgic, evoking a sense of early underwater exploration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
120977860

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • cold
  • grass
  • rocks
  • sand
  • disappointing
  • cloudy
  • manatees
  • fish
  • river
  • lake
  • spring
  • water
  • boat
  • swimming
  • snorkeling
  • scuba
  • diving
  • shallow
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • new orleans louisiana USA
  • 1958
  • 1958 underwater footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • New Orleans Louisiana
  • snorkeling 1958
  • scuba diving 1958
  • shallow water footage
  • murky underwater
  • film grain
  • archival footage
  • vintage underwater
  • 8mm film
  • aquatic environment
  • rocky seabed
  • green water
  • historical footage
  • retro footage
  • old film
  • underwater exploration
  • vintage home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s archive requests needing brief underwater home-movie footage for documentary inserts, environmental sequences, or nostalgic travel and recreation context.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm underwater view from New Orleans metadata, showing green-blue water, plant-like bottom texture, and soft film grain.
A handheld underwater view looks across a greenish plant-covered bed in murky water.

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