New Orleans Louisiana USA-1958: Tourists 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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Tourists Preparing for Scuba Diving on Dock — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, showing tourists preparing for a scuba diving adventure at a tropical attraction. Several people in swimwear and vintage diving gear with red oxygen tanks sit on a concrete dock beside clear turquoise water, while a white tour boat labeled 'Jungle Cruise' carries passengers in the background. The scene captures authentic mid-century leisure activity with natural film grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 footage. The final frame shows two colorful parrots perched on a wooden stand near a rustic building, suggesting a wildlife exhibit. This nostalgic clip offers authentic archival footage for documentaries, travel history, or retro Americana projects.

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: 120978010

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: Useful for 1950s archival requests about leisure travel, tourist attractions, early recreational scuba activity, and home-movie vacation material.
Period detail: The swimwear, small scuba tanks, tour boat styling, and saturated 8mm color may show a late-1950s tourist attraction environment.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, watching people wait on a dock before a dive activity and then cutting to parrots at the attraction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swimmers in vintage gear, red scuba tanks, clear blue water, a concrete dock, a Jungle Cruise boat, parrots, and a rustic building.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, travel-history cutaway, vacation-memory beat, or transition from water attraction activity to wildlife display.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century tourist leisure and organized attraction activity, with visitors observing or preparing beside controlled clear water.
Research note: People and a readable boat label are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location-context review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm scuba preparation, New Orleans tourist attraction footage, Jungle Cruise boat, parrots at attraction, and vintage family vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1958 New Orleans material, then broader 1950s travel, water attraction, scuba, and wildlife exhibit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 home-movie frame from New Orleans showing visitors in swimwear with red scuba tanks on a concrete dock beside clear water. — Visitors wait on a dock with scuba gear while a tour boat passes in the background.

1958 New Orleans attraction footage showing scuba participants on a concrete dock, with a white Jungle Cruise boat carrying passengers behind them. — Scuba participants sit by the water as a labeled tour boat moves behind the dock.

Home-movie frame from the same attraction showing two colorful parrots on a wooden stand near a rustic building exterior. — Two parrots perch near a rustic attraction building after the dock scene.

1958 New Orleans home-movie frame showing two parrots on a display stand outside a rustic attraction building with a small sign below. — A pair of parrots perch on a display stand outside a rustic building.

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