Miami Florida USA-1960: A Dolphin Performing Tricks With A Ball For An

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

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A Dolphin Performing Tricks With A Ball For An — Clip Details

MIAMI FLORIDA USA-1960: A dolphin performs tricks in a turquoise pool, leaping from the water and interacting with a red ball. The vintage 8mm footage captures the animal's acrobatics from the audience's perspective, with a spectator's head visible in the foreground. The scene is set against a backdrop of palm trees and a concrete deck, showcasing classic 1960s aquatic entertainment. The film exhibits natural grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 123628192

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 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: 1960s Florida aquatic-show home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about leisure travel, animal performances, and mid-century tourist entertainment.
Period detail: The turquoise pool, concrete deck, palm planting, red ring prop, and painted attraction signage may show a mid-century marine park setting in Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from an audience position, preserving the informal spectator viewpoint and quick reactions of a visitor filming a short dolphin routine.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin, red ball, turquoise pool water, concrete pool edge, palm landscaping, red ring prop, and partial painted venue signage.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, color shifts, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for 1960s Florida tourism, marine shows, or family travel sequences.
Historical context: The clip reflects visitor-shot documentation of aquatic entertainment culture, with the animal performance framed as a public leisure spectacle.
Research note: Human likeness is limited but people are flagged visible, and the partial attraction sign or logo should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Florida dolphin show, 8mm marine park footage, vintage aquatic performance, dolphin with ball, and home movie tourist attraction.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Miami or Florida 1960 material, then broader vintage marine park, dolphin show, and family tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Florida home-movie frame showing a dolphin near a red ball in a turquoise aquatic-show pool. — A dolphin surfaces near a floating red ball during the pool routine.

1960 Florida frame with the red performance ball floating in the pool and palm landscaping beyond the deck. — The ball floats in the show pool as the dolphin moves below the surface.

1960 Florida home-movie frame showing a dolphin splashing near the pool edge with a red ball and ring prop nearby. — The dolphin breaks the surface beside the pool edge during the trick sequence.

1960 Florida frame showing the show pool with a red ball, ring prop, and partial painted Marineland Florida signage. — The pool scene includes the red ball and partial attraction signage behind the water.

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