Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: Black Whale Or Dolphin Show, Jumping Out Of The Water

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationHonolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Black Whale Or Dolphin Show, Jumping Out Of The Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in 1977, showing a black whale or dolphin performing a jump out of the water at a marine park. The scene features a tropical island set with a small stone structure and a boat on a sandy beach, viewed through a rope barrier. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of marine animal entertainment under a bright blue sky.

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: 121116346

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Honolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: This clip supports 1970s editorial or documentary requests for visitor-filmed marine park entertainment in Honolulu, Oahu, with an aquatic animal jump seen from the audience side of a rope barrier.
Period detail: The frames show 1977 8mm home-movie characteristics with saturated blue water and sky, a staged tropical island set, simple visitor barriers, and distant spectators or handlers that may reflect a 1970s marine attraction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on the lagoon and stage as people watch or assist while a dark marine animal surfaces and jumps.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue performance pool, a dark whale or dolphin, a sandy island set, a small stone structure, palm-like plants, a beached canoe or boat, rope-and-post barriers, and distant people on the set.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, deep blue bias, handheld framing, gate edges, and motion blur that give the scene a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, recreational travel cutaway, memory beat, or transition into material about 1970s tourism, marine shows, or family vacation footage in Hawaii.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a public marine-animal performance environment in 1977 Honolulu, showing how visitors encountered staged tropical settings and trained aquatic animal acts through amateur film.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and the animal performance setting may require review for likeness, venue, animal-use context, and underlying copyright, with no visible logos or guaranteed clearance shown in the frames.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1977 Honolulu Oahu marine park home movie, 1970s Hawaii dolphin or whale show, 8mm aquatic animal jump, and vintage visitor footage of a tropical lagoon performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1977 Honolulu or Oahu travel clips, and then with broader 1970s marine attraction or family vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Honolulu, Oahu 8mm frame showing a blue lagoon performance area, rope barrier, sandy island set, and a dark whale or dolphin splashing in the water. — Animal surfaces in the lagoon beside the staged island.

1977 Honolulu, Oahu 8mm frame with a dark marine animal jumping beside a tropical island set while distant people stand near a boat on the sand. — Marine animal jumps beside the island set.

1977 Honolulu, Oahu 8mm frame showing the aftermath of a marine animal jump in a blue lagoon, with a sandy island set, boat, and distant people visible. — Splash settles after the jump in the performance pool.

1977 Honolulu, Oahu 8mm frame of a marine show lagoon after a jump, with distant people on the sandy set, a small structure, plants, and rope barrier in the foreground. — Distant people gather on the island stage after the animal jump.

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