Acapulco Mexico-1962: Lush Palm Trees Frame Tropical Pool And Ocean

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

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Lush Palm Trees Frame Tropical Pool And Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched tropical resort in Acapulco, Mexico. Lush palm trees frame a turquoise swimming pool and the ocean beyond, with silhouetted figures enjoying the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic 1960s vacation atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic retro travel footage for documentaries, editorial projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123726568

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s travel, vacation, and resort-life requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie views of Acapulco poolside palms and ocean water.
Period detail: The 1962 metadata and visible leisure setting may show mid-century tropical resort design, with palms, bright pool water, and informal vacation filming from an elevated viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot perspective, watching swimmers and sunlit resort grounds from above rather than a staged tourism setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall palm fronds, a turquoise swimming pool, ocean or surf beyond, dark foreground shade, small swimmers, greenery, and resort paving.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm color texture with soft focus, visible grain, warm fading, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief tropical travel cutaway, location-establishing insert, vacation memory beat, or transition into 1960s Mexico leisure material.
Historical context: The clip places leisure activity within a tropical coastal resort setting, showing how a traveler visually recorded pool, palms, and water views in the early 1960s.
Research note: People appear small and not clearly identifiable, but likeness review may still be needed; no visible brands are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Acapulco 8mm home movie, 1960s Mexico resort pool footage, vintage tropical vacation palms, and archival coastal travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Acapulco material, then broader 1960s Mexico travel or tropical resort home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco home-movie frame of palms overlooking a blue swimming pool and water beyond, partly obscured by dark foreground shade. — Palms and shade frame a pool and coastal water view from above.

1962 Acapulco resort view with palm trees, a blue swimming pool, and tiny swimmers seen from an elevated home-movie angle. — Overhead resort view with palms, pool water, and swimmers.

Palm-covered 1962 Acapulco resort scene with a blue pool partly hidden by dark shade and tropical foliage. — Dark palms silhouette the pool and water below.

1962 Acapulco home-movie view of palm trees, resort greenery, and a curved blue pool from an elevated vantage point. — Palm trunks and garden foliage surround the resort pool.

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