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Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: Hammerhead Shark Slowly And Gracefully Swimming

  • Year1977
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationHonolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Hammerhead Shark Slowly And Gracefully Swimming — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1977 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, showing a hammerhead shark swimming slowly and gracefully through an aquarium tank. The shark glides over a rocky bottom, its distinctive T-shaped head and powerful fins clearly visible in the blue-tinted, grainy film. The footage captures the animal's calm, circular motion, with small fish occasionally darting nearby. The warm, nostalgic quality of the Super 8 film, with its characteristic color cast and film grain, evokes a sense of mid-20th century Americana and marine curiosity. Ideal for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

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
121116213

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 1245 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label
kodak show,blow hole,polynesian show,cementery,sunset beach,arizona memorial,sept 5-12
Reel-level year note
1977
Reel-level location note
honolulu hawaii
Date
1977 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Honolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

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  • 1977
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  • vintage marine life
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  • documentary shark
  • vintage Hawaii

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1977 8mm aquarium footage from Honolulu, Oahu, supports archive requests for vintage Hawaii travel, marine-life observation, and documentary cutaways of a hammerhead shark in captivity.
Period detail
The blue cast, soft focus, rounded frame edges, and home-movie framing are consistent with late-1970s amateur 8mm footage, while the aquarium setting itself has few date-specific visible clues.

Still Frames From This Clip

A hammerhead shark passes through blue-tinted aquarium water in 1977 Honolulu, Oahu 8mm footage, with rocks and small fish visible below.
Hammerhead shark glides above the aquarium rocks.

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