Los Angeles California USA-1962: Sea Lion Swimming Underwater In Pool

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Sea Lion Swimming Underwater In Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large marine mammal, likely a sea lion or seal, swimming gracefully underwater in a pool. The creature glides through turquoise water, its dark silhouette visible beneath the rippling surface, with sunlight creating shimmering patterns on the pool floor. A blue pool edge appears in the frame, and the footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a marine animal in captivity. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.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: 123713205

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
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: Los Angeles, California, 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 Los Angeles home-movie footage for requests needing captive marine mammal pool behavior, zoo or aquarium atmosphere, or animal cutaways with authentic 8mm texture.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century visitor view of a marine animal pool, with turquoise water, a blue pool edge, and handheld 8mm framing as the clearest era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries an unstaged visitor perspective, watching a sea lion or seal move beneath the surface rather than presenting a controlled wildlife sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark marine mammal, rippling turquoise pool water, sun patterns on the pool floor, a blue pool rim, film frame edges, and soft 8mm exposure shifts.
Film character: The scan shows saturated 8mm color, visible grain, rounded frame corners, slight handheld drift, and dense shadows that give the underwater views archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an animal insert, a zoo or aquarium cutaway, a memory beat, or a transition into material about marine life in captivity.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a 1962 home-movie encounter with a marine mammal in a managed pool setting, without showing visitors, signage, or identifying landmarks.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but species, venue, copyright status, and any location-based property permissions should be verified before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 8mm sea lion in pool, Los Angeles marine mammal home movie, vintage seal underwater footage, and 1960s aquarium animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Los Angeles 1962 footage, and then with broader vintage zoo, aquarium, marine mammal, or captive wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A likely sea lion or seal swims underwater in a pool in 1962 Los Angeles home-movie footage, with sun ripples and 8mm frame edges visible. — A dark marine mammal glides beneath bright turquoise pool water near the pool rim.

The likely sea lion or seal turns beneath the rippling pool surface, its dark body silhouetted against turquoise water in the Los Angeles 1962 clip. — The animal curves underwater as sunlight makes bright patterns across the pool.

A likely sea lion or seal appears from above with flippers visible under turquoise water, framed by handheld 8mm film edges. — Seen from above, the marine mammal drifts underwater with its flippers visible.

The likely sea lion or seal swims near the pool edge, its body and flipper shapes softened by water, grain, and 8mm exposure. — The animal moves near the pool edge, partly silhouetted by bright underwater reflections.

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