Florida USA-1959: A Dolphin Jumps Out Of A Tank Of Water In Front Of An Audience

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Florida

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A Dolphin Jumps Out Of A Tank Of Water In Front Of An... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 in Florida, USA, capturing a dolphin performing a dramatic leap from a green-tinted tank. The sequence shows the dolphin emerging from the water, creating a large splash, with a blurred audience visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, characteristic of mid-century amateur recordings. The scene conveys a nostalgic, retro atmosphere of a public aquarium show, with the dolphin's sleek body and powerful movement highlighted against the turquoise water.

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: 121290112

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.

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 1266 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1959 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: Florida, 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: Useful for 1950s editorial sequences needing Florida aquarium or marine-show home-movie footage with a dolphin performance and water-tank action.
Period detail: The green-tinted tank, soft color, and 8mm handling may show a mid-century public aquarium setting consistent with the 1959 Florida metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, favoring the splash and tank action over formal coverage of the show or audience.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise tank water, a dolphin breaking the surface, heavy splashes, a pale tank edge, dark film borders, and soft focus.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, color shift, uneven exposure, motion blur, and contact-sheet framing that preserve its amateur film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century tourism, animal shows, aquariums, or family travel footage.
Historical context: The scene reflects public viewing of marine-animal performance in a leisure setting, without enough visible detail to identify the venue or audience.
Research note: No faces, logos, or brands are visible in these frames, but copyright status and any venue or animal-performance context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Florida 8mm dolphin show, vintage aquarium tank splash, home movie marine animal performance, and mid-century aquarium footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Florida 1959 travel footage, then aquarium, marine show, dolphin, or vintage tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A dim 1959 Florida 8mm frame shows a mostly obscured tank or water surface before the dolphin action becomes visible. — Dark opening frame with a pale tank or waterline visible.

A dolphin show moment in 1959 Florida 8mm footage shows a forceful splash rising from turquoise aquarium tank water. — Water erupts as the dolphin breaks the surface of the tank.

The 8mm frame holds on rippling green-blue aquarium water after the dolphin movement, with foam and soft grain visible. — Ripples and foam spread across the tank after the jump.

A blurred dolphin form splashes through the green-tinted tank water in the closing 1959 Florida home-movie frame. — The dolphin splashes back into the tank in a blurred motion frame.

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