Acapulco Mexico-1962: The Beautiful Landscape Of A Tropical Island

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

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The Beautiful Landscape Of A Tropical Island — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched tropical island scene from Acapulco, Mexico. Lush palm trees frame a vibrant turquoise pool, their fronds swaying gently in the breeze. The footage, viewed through a dark vignette, shows subtle camera movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film. A person briefly appears near the pool, adding a sense of scale and leisure. The warm, nostalgic palette and relaxed atmosphere evoke classic mid-century vacation memories.

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: 123726503

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: Useful for 1960s travel, vacation, and leisure productions needing brief home-movie views of tropical Acapulco resort scenery.
Period detail: The saturated color, 8mm frame edges, and mid-century vacation subject support the 1962 date supplied in metadata, while visible details remain mostly landscape-based.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from above, observing palms, pool water, and a fleeting person without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall palm trees, turquoise pool water, dense shrubs, sunlit walkways, dark film borders, and a small human figure near the pool area.
Film character: The footage shows handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, heavy vignette, warm color shift, visible grain, and uneven exposure from the original film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a tropical travel cutaway, vacation-memory insert, or transitional beat between broader Acapulco or resort-life scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century tourist leisure through landscape and poolside setting, without enough visible detail to identify a specific resort or landmark.
Research note: A person is briefly visible and may require likeness review; no logos are visible, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Acapulco home movie, vintage 8mm tropical pool, Mexico vacation footage, palm trees by resort pool, and 1960s travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Acapulco material, then broader tropical resort, vacation, and palm-lined pool footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco home-movie view of palm trees, shrubs, and bright turquoise pool water seen through dark 8mm borders. — Palm fronds shade a turquoise pool area in a high-angle tropical view.

Acapulco 1962 travel footage shows palm fronds crossing a bright blue pool with dense greenery around the edge. — A sunlit pool appears behind layered palm fronds and garden growth.

1962 Acapulco home-movie frame with a palm trunk in front of turquoise pool water, shrubs, and sunlit resort landscaping. — A palm trunk cuts across the poolside view, emphasizing the handheld vacation angle.

Acapulco 1962 home-movie view of palms and a turquoise pool, with a small person briefly visible near the lower poolside area. — A small figure appears near the pool beneath palms and surrounding greenery.

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