Florida USA-1959: Dolphin Swimming in Water

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

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Dolphin Swimming in Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1959 captures a dolphin swimming in green-tinted water, likely filmed at a Florida aquarium or marine park. The grainy, low-light footage shows the dolphin's smooth gray skin and eye as it moves through the water, with textured rock-like walls visible in the background. The image quality reflects classic home movie characteristics with film grain, slight blurriness, and natural color shifts typical of 8mm Super 8 film. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century marine life observation, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed content, or nature-focused editorial projects.

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: 121290201

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 Florida archive requests needing visitor-shot marine animal footage for documentary, education, or period aquarium context.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century aquarium or marine park viewing setting, suggested by green-tinted enclosed water and rock-like tank surfaces.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot observation perspective, focused closely on a dolphin moving past the camera without staged action or visible handlers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gray dolphin body and eye, green water, bright surface reflections, dark frame edges, and textured rock-like tank walls.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, heavy grain, low-light exposure shifts, and green color cast that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, insert, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, marine life viewing, or aquarium-related sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects home-movie attention to captive marine life observation in Florida, while the exact facility is not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and any facility-related property concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1959 Florida dolphin 8mm footage, vintage aquarium home movie, green water marine park, and mid-century dolphin swimming.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1959 Florida material, then with vintage aquarium, marine animal, or family travel sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Florida 8mm frame showing a dolphin partly obscured in green-tinted water near dark frame edges and a textured tank background. — A dolphin moves through green water, partially hidden by shadow and soft focus.

Close 1959 Florida home-movie view of a dolphin’s gray body moving through green-tinted water beside a rock-like tank surface. — The dolphin’s smooth gray side passes close to the camera in green water.

1959 Florida 8mm frame with the dolphin’s head and eye visible through green water, bright reflections, and soft film grain. — The dolphin’s head comes into view beneath bright reflected light on the water.

Final 1959 Florida frame showing a dolphin close to a textured tank wall under green water and scattered white surface reflections. — The dolphin moves near a rock-like wall as reflections scatter across the water.

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