Miami Florida USA-1960: Scuba Diver Feeding Dolphins And Fish While In An

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMiami, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Miami Florida

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Scuba Diver Feeding Dolphins And Fish While In An — Clip Details

Underwater footage from Miami, Florida in 1960, shot on 8mm film, captures a scuba diver interacting with marine life in a green-tinted aquatic environment. The diver, wearing vintage diving gear, is seen holding a container labeled 'MARINE STUDIOS' while feeding fish and dolphins. The murky water and visible film grain create a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel, with the diver moving through the water as fish swim around. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-century underwater exploration and marine entertainment.

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: 123628062

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: Yes
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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: florida,nassau
Date: 1960 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: Miami, Florida, 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 requests needing 1960s Miami underwater leisure, scuba, aquarium, or marine-life feeding footage for documentary, museum, education, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: Visible period clues include soft 8mm color, vintage scuba gear, a labeled Marine Studios container, and an underwater show or aquarium setting that may show mid-century marine entertainment.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the close, visitor-like underwater view of a diver working with animals, with informal framing that feels observed rather than staged for a polished production.
What appears in frame: The frames show a scuba diver, murky green water, a Marine Studios-labeled container, fish or dolphin forms, hands reaching forward, bubbles, and heavy black frame borders.
Film character: The scan has green-blue color cast, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical texture of 8mm underwater home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, aquatic transition, period cutaway, or memory beat for stories about scuba, aquariums, marine shows, or Florida travel.
Historical context: The clip visually places a human diver in close contact with marine animals, reflecting a period aquarium or oceanarium-style encounter without proving a specific venue beyond the visible label.
Research note: Human likeness and the visible Marine Studios wording merit review; copyright, trademark, and any venue or animal-use context should be assessed separately before release.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1960 Miami underwater 8mm footage, scuba diver feeding dolphins, vintage aquarium film, Marine Studios diver, and home movie marine life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Miami or Florida 1960 footage, then related underwater, scuba, aquarium, dolphin, and marine entertainment clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Miami underwater 8mm frame showing a scuba diver near a Marine Studios-labeled container in murky green water. — A diver moves underwater beside a container marked Marine Studios.

Soft 1960 Miami underwater frame with indistinct marine forms visible through green-tinted water and 8mm film grain. — Faint underwater forms appear through the green cast and grain.

1960 Miami 8mm underwater frame with soft, indistinct motion in green water and prominent physical film texture. — The underwater scene becomes abstracted by murk, motion, and film grain.

1960 Miami underwater 8mm frame showing a diver reaching near marine animal forms and a Marine Studios-labeled container. — A diver reaches forward as marine animal forms pass in the green water.

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