Acapulco Mexico-1962: Pool In A Hot Tropical Climate Surrounded By Palm Trees

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

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Pool In A Hot Tropical Climate Surrounded By Palm Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched tropical resort in Acapulco, Mexico. The clip features a bright turquoise swimming pool surrounded by lush palm trees, their fronds swaying gently in the breeze. The footage shows a person swimming in the pool, with dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves and casting shifting shadows on the water. The warm, slightly faded color palette and natural film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-century vacation atmosphere. This archival Super 8 footage is ideal for documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content about 1960s travel and leisure.

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: 123726456

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 resort footage for productions needing a brief tropical leisure insert or travel-memory cutaway.
Period detail: The saturated pool color, palm-lined resort setting and 8mm home-movie framing support the 1962 travel-era context in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera looks down from a visitor vantage point, recording the pool and palms as an informal vacation observation rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a turquoise swimming pool, coconut palms, dense garden planting, sunlit walkways, shadows on water and a small swimmer-like figure.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, gate edges and contact-sheet repetition that give the clip physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short resort insert, travel transition, tropical climate cutaway or memory beat within a mid-century vacation sequence.
Historical context: The view reflects leisure travel imagery around a warm-weather hotel or resort pool, while the exact property and individuals are not identified in the frames.
Research note: People are flagged visible and no logos are apparent, so copyright, likeness and any location/property permissions should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Acapulco 8mm pool, Mexico home movie tropical resort, vintage palm trees swimming pool and mid-century vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Acapulco 1962 material, then broader 1960s Mexico travel or tropical resort leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco home-movie frame looking down at a turquoise pool surrounded by palms and sunlit garden planting. — Palm fronds frame a bright resort pool below.

1962 Acapulco resort pool appears between tall palms, with dense greenery and strong midday light across the scene. — A blue pool is partly hidden by palms and foliage.

Acapulco home-movie frame from 1962 showing the pool from above, shaded by palm leaves with a small swimmer-like figure in the water. — The camera looks down through palms toward the resort pool.

1962 Acapulco frame with a turquoise swimming pool, palm shadows and surrounding garden foliage in a soft 8mm scan. — Palm shadows fall across the turquoise pool and garden.

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