New Orleans Louisiana USA-1958: Group Preparing for Scuba Diving on Dock

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New Orleans Louisiana

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Group Preparing for Scuba Diving on Dock — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, showing a group of tourists preparing for a scuba adventure at a spring-fed waterway. Several men and women in swimwear sit on a concrete dock, adjusting red scuba tanks and wearing vintage diving masks. In the background, a white tour boat labeled 'Jungle Cruise' carries passengers along the clear turquoise water, with lush green trees lining the banks. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and edge vignetting, capturing a moment of mid-century recreational exploration and underwater tourism.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120977994

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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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: New Orleans, Louisiana, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm travel footage for edits about recreational diving, tourist waterways, or mid-century vacation activity in New Orleans.
Period detail: The swimwear, metal scuba tanks, simple masks, and white tour boat may show mid-century leisure and early recreational diving practices.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an observer-shot vacation moment as adults wait, adjust gear, and watch the water from a dock.
What appears in frame: Visible details include seated adults in swimwear, red scuba tanks, diving masks, a concrete dock, blue-green water, trees, and a tour boat marked Jungle Cruise.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated color, soft focus, edge vignetting, slight exposure variation, and home-movie framing.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for travel, tourism, scuba instruction, or waterside recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene places recreational scuba gear beside a tourist boat, linking water-based leisure with group travel in a sunny mid-century setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the Jungle Cruise boat marking appears, so likeness and trademark or location review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm scuba tourists, New Orleans waterway home movie, vintage diving masks, and Jungle Cruise boat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from this reel, then New Orleans 1958 travel scenes, then vintage scuba, water tourism, and vacation boat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New Orleans home-movie frame showing adults with scuba tanks on a dock near clear water and a Jungle Cruise boat. — Adults in swimwear and scuba gear wait on a dock while a tour boat moves across the water.

1958 New Orleans footage frame with seated adults wearing vintage scuba gear near a tour boat on a spring-fed waterway. — Seated divers face each other on the dock as the tour boat passes behind them.

1958 New Orleans home-movie frame showing adults with scuba tanks on a dock, clear water, and a Jungle Cruise boat beyond. — Adults sit beside the clear water with scuba tanks as boats occupy the background.

1958 New Orleans frame showing a small group in vintage scuba gear seated by blue-green water as a Jungle Cruise boat passes. — A small group in scuba gear waits on the dock beside blue-green water and a passing tour boat.

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