Los Angeles California USA-1962: Bioluminescent Fish Swimming In Dark Water

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

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Bioluminescent Fish Swimming In Dark Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a glowing, bioluminescent fish swimming through dark water. The creature emits a bright greenish-blue light, its elongated body and fins visible against the deep, grainy backdrop. The footage, likely taken at night or in a dimly lit aquarium, shows the fish gliding slowly, with subtle camera movement tracking its path. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s, offering a nostalgic glimpse of underwater life. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring marine life and vintage film aesthetics.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123713890

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 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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing a brief aquatic-life insert or aquarium-style cutaway from 8mm Los Angeles home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm contact-frame look, dark water setting and green-blue illuminated fish, with the 1962 Los Angeles context coming from clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor or home-movie observation, lingering on the glowing fish as it moves through a dim tank or dark water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a glowing elongated fish, dark water, faint tank or water marks, film-frame borders, soft focus, grain and a later frame with other aquatic forms.
Film character: The scan carries dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of early-1960s 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short aquatic cutaway, science-memory insert, eerie transition or visual punctuation between broader marine-life scenes.
Historical context: The footage may show mid-century public or private aquarium viewing culture, but the frames support only a dim aquatic setting with a luminous fish subject.
Research note: Metadata flags people visible, though these stills show no identifiable faces; copyright, likeness, location and aquarium/property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm glowing fish footage, Los Angeles aquarium home movie, vintage bioluminescent fish, dark water marine life and retro aquatic cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles material, then broader vintage aquarium, marine-life or glowing underwater imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a luminous elongated fish moving through dark water with visible grain and frame edges. — A glowing fish moves across a dark aquatic background.

The luminous fish appears in profile against dark water.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with the glowing fish partly close to frame edge, its body and tail softened by grain and low light. — A closer pass shows the fish body and tail glowing in the dark tank.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a darker aquatic view with faint fish or sea-life forms, grain and strong contact-sheet borders. — The final frame widens into a dim underwater view with other faint aquatic forms.

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