Acapulco Mexico-1962: Tropical Resort Pool And Coastal Ocean View

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

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Tropical Resort Pool And Coastal Ocean View — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of Acapulco, Mexico. The clip opens with a wide shot of the turquoise ocean and a coastal town nestled against a mountain, framed by palm fronds. The scene transitions to a high-angle view of a tropical resort pool surrounded by lush palm trees, where a few people enjoy the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, personal perspective, evoking mid-century leisure and travel.

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: 123726597

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 travel footage for productions needing resort leisure, coastal scenery, or mid-century tourism atmosphere from real 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s resort travel through palm-lined pool views, coastal town hillsides, warm color, and handheld 8mm framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records a visitor's elevated look from ocean overlook to hotel pool, preserving an unstaged vacation perspective rather than a formal travelogue.
What appears in frame: Visible details include palm fronds, blue ocean, mountain-backed shoreline, resort pool water, shaded foreground edges, and small swimmers below.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, warm faded color, gate shadows, and handheld exposure shifts that identify it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a travel insert, location transition, vacation memory beat, or cutaway between broader Mexico tourism or resort sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure travel in Acapulco as seen by a private camera, with resort architecture and beachside recreation visible but not specifically identified.
Research note: People appear small in the pool area, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Acapulco 8mm home movie, Mexico resort pool, vintage coastal ocean view, and mid-century tropical vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1962 Acapulco or Mexico travel footage, then broader tropical resort, beach, and family vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco home-movie view of a bay, distant hillside town, palm fronds, and hazy mountains beyond the water. — Elevated coastal view across Acapulco bay toward a mountain-backed shoreline.

High-angle 1962 Acapulco resort view showing a blue pool partly obscured by palms and dark foreground shadows. — Palm trees frame a resort pool seen from above.

1962 Acapulco home-movie frame of a tropical pool area seen through palms, with small swimmers or visitors near the water. — A tropical resort pool appears below dense palms and strong shadow.

High-angle 1962 Acapulco resort pool view with palms, bright blue water, shaded foreground, and small people visible near the pool. — The clip closes on a shaded overlook of the palm-lined resort pool.

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