Acapulco Mexico-1962: Palm Trees Framing A Tropical Pool In Vintage 8mm Footage

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

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Palm Trees Framing A Tropical Pool In Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a tropical scene in Acapulco, Mexico. Lush palm trees frame a vibrant aqua pool, their fronds swaying gently in the breeze. The footage, viewed through a dark vignette, shows a person in light-colored clothing standing near the poolside, partially obscured by foliage. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic, sun-drenched vacation memory from the early 1960s.

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: 123726480

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 vacation footage suited for documentary or museum uses needing a brief tropical resort, poolside, or leisure-travel cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm color, palm-framed swimming pool, and casual resort viewpoint support the supplied 1962 Acapulco context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing palms, water, and a partially obscured person or figure near the pool rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include palm fronds, bright aqua pool water, shrubs, sunlit paving or pool edge, heavy dark vignetting, and a small light-toned human figure or object near the palms.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, warm faded color, handheld framing, and a pronounced dark gate or vignette around the tropical scene.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, travel insert, poolside cutaway, or transition within sequences about midcentury tourism and tropical leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private vacation view of tropical landscaping and poolside leisure in Acapulco, with no visible signage or specific public landmark for deeper identification.
Research note: A person may be visible but not identifiable in these frames; copyright, likeness, location, and any property questions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Acapulco 8mm pool footage, vintage Mexico home movie palm trees, and 1960s tropical resort vacation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Acapulco scenes, then other 1962 Mexico travel footage, then broader 1960s tropical poolside or resort home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco 8mm frame showing palm fronds, shrubs, and bright aqua pool water seen through a dark vignette. — Palm fronds overlook a sunlit aqua pool in the Acapulco home-movie footage.

1962 Acapulco frame with palm trees, turquoise pool water, and a partially obscured light-toned person or figure near the poolside foliage. — A small light-toned figure appears partly hidden among palms beside the pool.

1962 Acapulco 8mm still with large palm fronds, dense greenery, and aqua swimming pool water under soft, grainy exposure. — Palm fronds dominate the frame above the bright pool and surrounding shrubs.

1962 Acapulco home-movie frame showing palm trees and blue-green pool water with a soft, dark 8mm border. — The clip ends on palms and blue-green pool water within the dark 8mm frame.

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