Florida USA-1975: Man Wrangles Alligators Into Water With Pole

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Wrangles Alligators Into Water With Pole — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a man interacting with alligators at a Florida wildlife attraction. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows several alligators on a sandy bank near water, with one being guided into the pond using a pole. A person in blue jeans stands nearby as the reptiles move through the shallow water. The scene has a nostalgic, archival quality with natural lighting and the characteristic look of Super 8 film from the mid-1970s.

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: 123268056

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Florida, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1970s Florida wildlife-attraction footage suited for documentary inserts about roadside tourism, animal handling, or vintage vacation travel.
Period detail: The 8mm color, casual clothing, and visitor vantage may show a mid-1970s Florida tourist wildlife setting without identifying a specific attraction.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective as a man guides alligators near a pond while another adult stands close by.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include alligators on sand, shallow pond water, a handling pole, adult legs in jeans, concrete or sandy enclosure edges, and splashing movement.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transitional memory beat, or illustrative insert for vintage Florida tourism and wildlife-show sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a period tourist encounter with captive or managed reptiles, showing close human proximity without enough detail to identify the venue.
Research note: People are visible only partially, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location permission, and animal-handling context should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s Florida alligator attraction 8mm, vintage wildlife park home movie, man wrangling alligators, and Florida vacation reptiles.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Florida 1975 travel footage, then broader vintage wildlife attraction or roadside tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Florida 8mm frame showing alligators on a sandy bank near shallow water, with a standing adult partly visible at the enclosure edge. — Alligators gather on the sandy edge of a pond at a Florida wildlife attraction.

1975 Florida 8mm frame with an alligator entering or thrashing in shallow pond water as another remains on the sandy bank. — A large alligator moves from the sandy bank into the water.

1975 Florida 8mm frame showing a man partly visible using a pole to guide an alligator near shallow water at a wildlife attraction. — A handler guides an alligator toward the pond with a pole.

Close 1975 Florida 8mm frame of splashing pond water with a dark pole partly visible during the alligator-handling sequence. — Water churns during the alligator handling near the pond edge.

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