Mexico City-1962: Empty Swimming Stadium with Pool and Bleachers

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Mexico City

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Empty Swimming Stadium with Pool and Bleachers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this clip captures a sun-drenched, empty outdoor swimming stadium in Mexico City. The turquoise pool features clearly marked lanes and a diving platform, surrounded by tiered concrete bleachers. Lush green trees and a multi-story building with yellow and blue accents frame the scene. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows subtle camera movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movie film, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and mid-century urban life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123685920

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 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: Mexico City, 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: Useful for 1960s Mexico City archival requests needing a quiet exterior sports venue cutaway or urban recreation insert.
Period detail: The concrete bleachers, diving platform, lane-marked pool, and mid-century-looking building may show a public aquatic stadium environment in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from above, observing the pool and stands without staged action or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a turquoise swimming pool, lane markings, tiered concrete seating, trees, a diving platform, railings, paved walkways, and a multi-story building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, saturated turquoise and green color, slight exposure variation, and a dark contact-frame edge.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century sport, travel, or urban leisure sequences.
Historical context: The frames place outdoor public recreation architecture within a sunny urban setting, with sparse human presence and no visible event activity.
Research note: People appear very small in the distance, so likeness review may be limited but still advisable; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm Mexico City swimming stadium, empty outdoor pool bleachers, vintage aquatic venue, and home-movie sports facility footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Mexico City 1962 exteriors, then broader 1960s urban recreation or sports-venue footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Mexico City 8mm view of a mostly empty outdoor swimming stadium with turquoise lanes, concrete stands, trees, and a diving platform. — A sunlit aquatic stadium seen from above, with empty tiered seating and marked pool lanes.

1962 Mexico City home-movie frame showing the outdoor pool, tiered bleachers, trees, and part of a diving platform in bright sun. — The camera holds on the pool and stands, with trees shading parts of the seating area.

1962 Mexico City 8mm frame of a swimming stadium with turquoise water, stepped bleachers, trees, and a modern building in the background. — A wider view reveals the building behind the shaded bleachers and the pool in the foreground.

1962 Mexico City view across an outdoor swimming stadium toward tiered seating, trees, a few distant people, and a large building. — The final frame shows the pool, nearly empty stands, trees, and background building under bright daylight.

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