Florida USA-1959: Dolphin Leaping at Aquarium Performance

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

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Dolphin Leaping at Aquarium Performance — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Florida USA in 1959 captures a lively dolphin show at an aquarium. A dolphin leaps from green-tinted water, splashing dramatically, while a red hoop and a sign reading 'FLORIDA' are visible in the background. The clip shows the dolphin performing in front of a crowd of spectators, with the grainy, color-bleached quality of classic home movie film evident throughout. The scene evokes mid-century Americana and nostalgic family entertainment.

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: 121290142

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

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: Supports requests for 1950s Florida aquarium or dolphin-show footage for documentary, education, museum, or commercial edits needing mid-century leisure imagery.
Period detail: The red performance hoop, painted pool wall, green water, and visitor-shot framing may show a mid-century aquarium attraction in Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows the dolphin's jumps from a spectator viewpoint, preserving the excited, informal feel of a family visit rather than a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin, splashing pool water, red hoop, painted pool wall, trainer in white clothing, and dark film-strip borders between frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the brief action a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for family tourism, aquarium entertainment, Florida travel, or animal-performance sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents public leisure and animal-show entertainment as seen by a visitor, with no claims made about the specific aquarium beyond the Florida metadata.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so copyright, likeness, location, and possible trademark considerations should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Florida aquarium home movie, vintage 8mm dolphin show, mid-century family travel footage, and aquarium performance cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Florida 1959 visitor footage, then broader 1950s aquarium, family vacation, or animal-show scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Florida home-movie frame showing a dolphin partly above green aquarium water as spray rises around it. — A dolphin splashes through the aquarium pool during the show.

A dolphin rises from green-tinted water beside a red performance hoop in this 1959 Florida aquarium scene. — The dolphin surfaces upright near the red hoop at the pool edge.

A trainer or performer in white stands near a dolphin at the aquarium pool in visitor-shot 1959 Florida footage. — A trainer stands close to the dolphin during the aquarium routine.

Water erupts across the aquarium pool after a dolphin movement in the short 1959 Florida home-movie clip. — A burst of spray marks the end of the dolphin's movement across the pool.

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