California USA-1962: Dolphin Leaps in Pool with Spectators Watching

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

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Dolphin Leaps in Pool with Spectators Watching — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1962, showing a dolphin leaping from a pool with splashing water, viewed through a dark frame. Spectators stand behind a railing in the background, observing the performance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality. The scene captures a moment of marine animal entertainment, with the dolphin in mid-air against a blue pool backdrop, evoking mid-century leisure and public spectacle.

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: 122653567

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s California archive requests about marine shows, public leisure, animal performance, or visitor-shot amusement footage.
Period detail: The blue pool, striped barrier rail, spectator area, and 8mm color stock may show a mid-century marine attraction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor's obstructed, handheld view of a dolphin performance rather than a staged promotional angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin, splashing pool water, a blue pool wall, a striped railing, spectators, dark film-frame edges, and heavy shadow bands.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, blue color bias, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and contact-print-like frame divisions that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century tourism, animal entertainment, or public spectacle.
Historical context: The scene reflects a period view of captive marine-animal entertainment and spectatorship, without identifying the venue or performers.
Research note: People appear in the background, so copyright, likeness, venue, and animal-welfare context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 California 8mm dolphin show, vintage marine park pool, home movie spectators, and captive animal performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1962 leisure footage, then broader archive material on marine shows or zoo entertainment.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 California 8mm frame showing a dolphin leaping from a blue pool, seen through dark film edges and a striped barrier rail. — A dolphin breaks the pool surface near a striped railing as water sprays across the frame.

1962 California home-movie frame with spectators blurred behind a blue pool, partly obscured by spray and dark frame borders. — Spectators stand beyond the pool as spray and shadowed film edges obscure the view.

1962 California 8mm frame showing a large splash in the pool after the dolphin movement, with heavy grain and dark frame edges. — A burst of white water fills the pool surface after the dolphin's movement.

1962 California 8mm frame showing the pool wall, dark water, and a partial striped rail at the edge of the marine show area. — The pool wall and water remain in view as the action moves out of frame.

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