Acapulco Mexico-1962: Girl In A Top Bun Swimming In A Large Body Of Water In A

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationAcapulco, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Acapulco Mexico

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Girl In A Top Bun Swimming In A Large Body Of Water In A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a tropical scene in Acapulco, Mexico. A woman with dark hair in a bun swims in a large body of water, likely a pool or lagoon, framed by lush palm fronds. The footage features classic Super 8 color grading with vibrant blues and greens, slight film grain, and a soft focus. The view is partially obscured by a dark frame, suggesting it was filmed through a window or doorway. The distant shoreline and mountains complete the scenic backdrop, evoking a nostalgic 1960s vacation atmosphere.

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: 123726434

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: Acapulco, 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 Acapulco home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing a brief tropical swimming and coastal vacation insert.
Period detail: The 8mm color, palm-framed swimming scene and distant bay view may show midcentury leisure travel in Acapulco without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged vacation value, with the camera lingering from a shaded vantage point as a woman swims below through palm fronds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a swimmer with dark hair in a bun, palm fronds, a distant shoreline, mountains, sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the scene a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader Acapulco location material and personal vacation scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually situates leisure swimming within a tropical resort setting, while preserving the private, observational feel of amateur travel film.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 Acapulco 8mm swimming, Mexico home movie palm trees, tropical vacation water scene, and midcentury resort footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Acapulco scenes, then other 1962 Mexico travel footage, then broader 1960s tropical swimming or resort vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco home-movie view of blue bay water with a distant shoreline and mountains beyond the dark film-frame edge. — Distant shoreline and mountains across the water in Acapulco.

A woman swims in blue water in Acapulco, Mexico, partly hidden by overhanging palm fronds in a 1962 8mm home movie frame. — Swimmer seen below palm fronds in bright blue water.

Palm fronds dominate the frame as a woman swims near the lower edge of blue water in this 1962 Acapulco home-movie shot. — Palm-framed view of a swimmer in blue water.

A swimmer moves through bright blue water below overlapping palm fronds in a 1962 Acapulco 8mm vacation frame. — Swimmer moving through blue water beneath palm leaves.

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