California USA-1962: Fish Swimming in Aquarium with Coral and Shell

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Fish Swimming in Aquarium with Coral and Shell — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1962, capturing an underwater aquarium scene with coral formations and fish swimming in dim, warm lighting. The grainy, yellowish-green tint and soft focus reflect the era's film stock, with visible film grain and slight camera shake. The clip shows various fish gliding through the water, including a prominent conch shell and branching coral, creating a nostalgic, archival atmosphere. This authentic 1960s home movie offers a rare glimpse into mid-century domestic entertainment and aquarium culture.

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: 122653446

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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: California, 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 1960s California home-movie requests needing a brief aquarium, fish, or domestic leisure cutaway for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The dim warm exposure, soft focus, and 8mm grain support a 1962 home-movie reading, while the aquarium decor may show mid-century hobby or attraction display styling.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor or family-viewing perspective, lingering on fish, coral-like forms, and a shell through aquarium glass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include small fish, branching coral-like decoration, a large pale conch shell, aquarium gravel, dark water, and warm green-yellow reflections.
Film character: The clip carries a tactile 8mm look with pronounced grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, slight handheld movement, and warm yellow-green color cast.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transitional texture, memory beat, or quiet cutaway for aquarium visits, pets, leisure, or underwater display themes.
Historical context: The scene documents aquarium viewing as preserved in a family-film context, without visible people, signage, or identifiable institution in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable signage are visible in the frames, but copyright, aquarium ownership, and location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 California 8mm aquarium footage, vintage home movie fish tank, conch shell aquarium, coral display, and 1960s aquatic cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 California home movies, then related aquarium, fish, water, and domestic leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 California 8mm frame showing a dim aquarium with branching coral-like decor, dark water, and fish shapes near the glass. — Fish move through a low-lit aquarium around branching coral-like decoration.

1962 California aquarium footage with fish swimming beside branching coral-like decor and a pale shell shape in dim warm light. — A fish crosses the aquarium display beside coral-like branches and shell decor.

1962 California 8mm frame centered on a pale conch shell resting in aquarium gravel under yellow-green low light. — A large pale shell rests on the aquarium floor in soft, grainy light.

1962 California aquarium frame with a pale conch shell on gravel, fish nearby, and branching coral-like decor in the dark background. — Fish and a pale shell share the low-lit aquarium frame beneath coral-like branches.

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