Florida USA-1975: Man Catches Crocodile In River And Brings It To Shore

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Catches Crocodile In River And Brings It To Shore — Clip Details

A man in a colorful patterned sweater and dark pants wades into murky water in Florida, 1975, to grab a large crocodile. He firmly holds the reptile's snout, struggling to control it as it thrashes in the shallow river. The man then drags the crocodile onto the sandy bank, showcasing a tense moment of human-animal interaction. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the raw, unfiltered action with authentic grain and warm, faded colors typical of 1970s home footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123268072

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Florida archive requests needing brief, tense wildlife-handling footage from an 8mm home-movie source.
Period detail: The clothing, faded color, handheld framing and metadata-supported 1975 Florida setting place the scene in a mid-1970s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an apparently unstaged moment as a man wades, grips the reptile's snout, and drags it from shallow water to shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a patterned sweater, murky water, sandy bank, hose or line, splashing, dark pants, and a large crocodilian reptile.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, warm faded color, slight blur, uneven exposure and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, tension beat, wildlife cutaway, or eccentric vacation-memory moment within a Florida or 1970s sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a casual human-animal encounter recorded as home-movie action, without enough context to identify the location, handler, or animal setting.
Research note: A visible adult likeness and potentially sensitive animal handling should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or private property evident.
Research search match: Searches may include 1975 Florida 8mm crocodile capture, man handling crocodile in water, vintage home movie wildlife, and 1970s Florida animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1975 Florida footage, then vintage wildlife handling, riverbank, and unusual vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1975 Florida footage, a man in dark pants grips a large crocodile or alligator in shallow water. — The man holds the reptile in the water as it splashes near his legs.

A man in a colorful patterned sweater holds the snout area of a large crocodile or alligator in shallow Florida water. — The handler bends over the reptile while controlling it near the water's edge.

The 1975 Florida home-movie frame shows the man dragging the large reptile from murky water toward sandy ground. — The reptile is pulled through the shallows as water churns around it.

On the sandy bank, the man stands over the large crocodile or alligator after pulling it from the water. — The animal lies partly on the shore while the man stands over it.

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