California USA-1962: Large Fish Swimming in Green-Tinted Water, Vintage 8mm Footage

$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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Large Fish Swimming in Green-Tinted Water, Vintage 8mm... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1962 capturing a large fish swimming in dark, green-tinted water, likely an aquarium or deep ocean environment. The grainy, low-light footage shows the fish from multiple angles, including a close-up of its face with visible teeth and gills. The image quality features classic Super 8 film grain and color distortion typical of 1960s amateur recordings. The fish moves slowly through the murky water, with occasional flashes of blue and green light highlighting its scales. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century marine observation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122653471

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archive requests needing marine-life or aquarium-style cutaways from amateur 8mm footage.
Period detail: The green cast, soft focus and contact-sheet frames support a 1962 home-movie origin, though the specific tank or water setting is not identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming a large fish through glass in dim water rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large fish head, open mouth line, gill area, tail fins, dark water, green illumination and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through heavy grain, low-light exposure, soft focus and green color shift from the scan or original film stock.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief marine-life insert, aquarium cutaway, eerie transition or memory beat within a mid-century home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual mid-century filming of marine observation, with the camera staying close to the subject rather than documenting a wider location.
Research note: No people, logos or readable property identifiers are visible, but copyright status and any venue-related rights should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 California 8mm marine life, vintage aquarium fish footage, green water fish close-up and amateur home movie ocean animal.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other California 1962 material, then broader vintage aquarium or marine-life clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 California 8mm frame showing a large fish head-on in dim green-tinted water with film grain and dark borders. — A large fish approaches or faces the camera in murky green water.

1962 California 8mm still of a large fish centered in green water, with fins and gill area visible through soft low-light exposure. — The fish remains centered, facing forward with fins spread in the dark water.

A side profile of the fish shows its broad body and highlighted back.

The fish passes low in the frame, partially obscured by low light and murky water.

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