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Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Large Sea Turtle Swims In An Aquarium With

  • Year1962
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1962 California
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A Large Sea Turtle Swims In An Aquarium With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large sea turtle swimming gracefully through dark, murky water in an aquarium. The footage, likely filmed in Los Angeles, California, shows the turtle gliding past the camera with its flippers extended, its textured shell visible in the dim, greenish-blue light. The grainy, low-light quality and soft focus reflect the era's amateur film techniques, offering a nostalgic glimpse of marine life viewing from a bygone era. The clip ends with a fade into darkness, emphasizing the mysterious underwater environment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123713051

Rights & Clearance

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
disneyland
Reel-level year note
1962
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1962 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • sea turtle
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  • 1962
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  • vintage 8mm aquarium film
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  • sea turtle in water
  • vintage nature film
  • archival animal footage
  • underwater animal

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s archive requests needing aquarium marine-life viewing, sea turtle cutaways, or vintage home-movie inserts from Los Angeles-area footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A large sea turtle appears in dim aquarium water in this 1962 Los Angeles-area 8mm home-movie frame.
Sea turtle seen through dark, grainy aquarium water at the start of the clip.

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