Acapulco Mexico-1962: Lush Coconut Trees Surrounding a Sun-Drenched Swimming Pool

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

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Lush Coconut Trees Surrounding a Sun-Drenched Swimming Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched tropical resort in Acapulco, Mexico. Lush coconut palm trees frame a vibrant blue swimming pool, their fronds swaying gently in the breeze. The footage, viewed through a darkened window frame, shows a person swimming in the pool, with bright sunlight creating dappled shadows on the water. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-century vacation memory.

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: 123726580

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, leisure, resort, and tropical vacation sequences needing Acapulco home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm color, mid-century resort pool setting, and 1962 metadata support a 1960s vacation context in Acapulco, Mexico.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a visitor filming casually from a shaded window or balcony toward the pool and palms below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include coconut palms, bright blue pool water, sunlit deck or paving, dark window framing, dense foliage, and a small swimmer.
Film character: The clip has saturated but faded 8mm color, soft focus, heavy shadow edges, gate texture, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief travel insert, resort cutaway, transition, or memory beat for mid-century tourism footage.
Historical context: The footage reflects a private vacation view of tropical leisure, with the camera emphasizing poolside foliage and sun rather than identifiable activity.
Research note: A person appears in the pool, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos or readable brands are visible.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Acapulco home movie, 8mm Mexico resort pool, vintage tropical vacation, and coconut palms swimming pool.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Acapulco material, then broader tropical resort or poolside vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco home-movie frame showing palms around a sunlit blue swimming pool, viewed from shade. — Palm fronds surround a bright resort pool seen from a darkened vantage point.

Sunlit Acapulco pool and coconut palms appear beyond a dark foreground frame in this 1962 8mm still. — A shaded window or balcony frames the pool and surrounding palms.

Coconut palms and bright pool water dominate this 1962 Acapulco vacation view, with a dark frame at left. — The camera holds on the pool through heavy shade and palm foliage.

1962 Acapulco resort pool scene with coconut palms, bright water, and a distant swimmer visible from shade. — A small swimmer appears in the blue pool beneath overhanging palms.

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