Tampa Florida USA-1960: Crocodile Lying On Rocky Mound In Jungle Enclosure

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationTampa, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Tampa Florida

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Crocodile Lying On Rocky Mound In Jungle Enclosure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a crocodile resting on a rocky mound in a shaded, jungle-like enclosure. Sunlight filters through lush green foliage, casting dappled light across the reptile's scaly back and the surrounding stone wall. The footage has a distinct retro color palette with warm tones and film grain, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The crocodile remains mostly still, creating a tense, observational moment in a naturalistic setting. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife footage from mid-century America, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or nature-themed 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: 123629269

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Tampa, 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: Supports requests for 1960s Florida home-movie wildlife material, especially documentary or museum edits needing a brief zoo or enclosure cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm color, heavy contrast, and visitor viewpoint may show mid-century home-movie documentation of a reptile enclosure in Tampa.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor distance, observing the crocodile rather than staging action or interaction.
What appears in frame: A crocodile rests on a rocky mound amid dark stone, leafy greenery, dappled sun, and a vertical branch or vine near the foreground.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, high-contrast exposure, saturated greens and blues, and slight handheld softness typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, tense cutaway, travel-memory beat, or visual bridge within Florida or zoo-related archival sequences.
Historical context: The frames show a reptile in a constructed, jungle-like enclosure, reflecting a visitor-recorded view of captive wildlife without visible people.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 8mm crocodile, Tampa Florida wildlife home movie, vintage reptile enclosure, or mid-century zoo cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Tampa 1960 material, then broader vintage zoo, reptile, or wildlife enclosure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Tampa home-movie frame of a crocodile resting on rocks in a dark, leafy enclosure with dappled sunlight. — Crocodile resting motionless on a rocky mound under filtered light.

Crocodile remains stretched on a rocky mound in the Tampa enclosure, surrounded by shadowed stone and green leaves. — The reptile stays still as sunlight falls across its back and the rocks.

8mm frame of the crocodile lying low on a rocky surface, with dark wall texture and bright foliage above. — A low, shaded view of the crocodile on the enclosure rocks.

Final 1960 Tampa frame showing the crocodile still on the rocky mound, framed by shadow, foliage, and a hanging branch. — The shot closes with the crocodile still resting in the shaded enclosure.

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