Tijuana Mexico-1962: Dolphins Swim In The Water

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationTijuana, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Tijuana Mexico

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Dolphins Swim In The Water — Clip Details

TIJUANA MEXICO-1962: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures two dolphins swimming gracefully in a green-tinted pool, their sleek bodies gliding through the water. The scene, shot from above, shows the animals moving near a metal mesh barrier, with sunlight creating rippling patterns on the surface. The grainy, slightly faded quality and color saturation are characteristic of 1960s amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a past era of marine animal exhibits. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123684037

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 1835 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: dallas,mexico city
Date: 1962 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: Tijuana, Mexico 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 8mm footage for editors needing an archival cutaway of dolphins in a captive pool or marine-animal exhibit setting.
Period detail: The green-tinted color, rounded film-frame edges, and elevated visitor viewpoint support the 1962 home-movie context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor observation of dolphins moving near a barrier, filmed from above as a brief travel or outing memory.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two dolphins, green pool water, sun ripples, splashes, a metal mesh barrier, dark frame edges, and handheld 8mm framing.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded green color, slight exposure variation, and rounded gate edges that give it recognizable amateur-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for marine exhibits, animal captivity, travel footage, or 1960s leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests a mid-century public marine-animal viewing environment, based on the pool, barrier, and overhead spectator angle.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and animal-exhibit context should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm dolphins, Tijuana Mexico home movie, dolphins in pool, vintage marine exhibit, and animal cutaway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then other 1962 Tijuana material, then broader vintage marine-animal or zoo-exhibit clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Tijuana home-movie frame showing two dolphins gliding through green pool water from an overhead viewpoint. — Two dolphins move through sunlit green water in an overhead 8mm frame.

1962 Tijuana 8mm frame with dolphins near the water surface, one making a splash in the green pool. — A dolphin surfaces and splashes beside another dolphin in the pool.

Overhead 1962 Tijuana home-movie frame showing dolphins beside a metal mesh barrier in green water. — Dolphins pass near the pool barrier, with mesh and rippled water visible.

1962 Tijuana 8mm frame showing a dolphin near a metal mesh barrier, with another dark form in the pool water. — A dolphin moves along the mesh barrier in the green pool.

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