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 home movie footage from 1959 captures a dolphin swimming in clear water, its sleek gray body glistening with droplets and ripples. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and subtle color shifts with a prominent green tint in the water. The dolphin's smooth skin and curved dorsal fin are visible as it moves through the water, creating gentle splashes. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of marine life, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 121290243

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: 1959 Florida 8mm footage suits archive requests for midcentury marine-life cutaways, aquarium or attraction inserts, and documentary context around dolphins in water.
Period detail: The frames may show a visitor-filmed marine setting, with only the 1959 Florida metadata providing the period and place rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie camera following a dolphin at close range as it surfaces and moves through dark green water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gray dolphin, rippling green water, surface splashes, close cropped framing, bright water highlights, and dark film borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shift toward green and violet, and brief contact-sheet variations that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, midcentury Florida transition, marine-life cutaway, or memory beat within a home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a dolphin seen from close range in water, but the frames do not identify the facility, coastline, or circumstances of filming.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright, source licensing, and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1959 Florida dolphin 8mm, vintage home movie dolphin swimming, midcentury marine animal footage, and archival green water dolphin.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1959 Florida material, then broader midcentury marine-life, aquarium, wildlife, or vacation home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Florida 8mm frame showing a close, soft-focused view of a gray dolphin body near green water. — A close view of the dolphin passes through green-tinted water at the start of the clip.

Gray dolphin surfaces in dark green water, with white splashes and film grain visible in the 1959 Florida footage. — The dolphin breaks the surface, sending small splashes across the dark green water.

Close 8mm view of a dolphin head and curved body moving through green water in Florida footage from 1959. — A close side view shows the dolphin's head and smooth body amid ripples and highlights.

1959 Florida frame showing a dolphin gliding across dark green water with a foamy splash along its side. — The dolphin glides across the frame with foamy water trailing beside its body.

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