Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Large Fish Swimming In An Aquarium Tank

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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A Large Fish Swimming In An Aquarium Tank — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large fish swimming through an aquarium tank in Los Angeles, California. The grainy, low-light footage shows the fish gliding past the glass, its scales catching a greenish-blue glow from the tank's lighting. The dark water and visible film grain give the clip a nostalgic, archival quality, with the fish moving slowly across the frame. This authentic 1960s home movie offers a rare glimpse of aquarium life from the era, perfect for historical 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: 123753340

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
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: Los Angeles, California, United States 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: 1962 Los Angeles 8mm aquarium footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief animal-life insert from a home-movie source.
Period detail: The frames may show a public or domestic aquarium setting with low tank lighting, glass reflections, and a large fish filmed on 8mm stock in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, holding on the fish as it drifts past the tank glass rather than presenting a controlled wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large mottled fish, smaller fish, dark aquarium water, tank glass, horizontal reflections, green-blue highlights, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, gate edges, and color shifts that give the aquarium scene clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, reflective insert, transition beat, or visual memory of aquarium observation in a 1960s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The material documents casual aquarium viewing in Los Angeles during 1962 without identifying the facility, species, or any specific public attraction.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still review copyright, location context, and any aquarium or animal-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Los Angeles aquarium 8mm, vintage home movie fish tank, large fish swimming archival footage, and 1960s aquarium cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles footage, and then broader aquarium, fish, water, or animal-observation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a large mottled fish moving through dim aquarium water with green-blue highlights. — A large fish moves across the upper-left aquarium view in low tank light.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with the large fish near the right edge of the tank and a smaller fish visible below it. — The large fish turns near the right side of the aquarium as a smaller fish passes underneath.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the large fish crossing the lower-left aquarium view, with a bright tail or body edge at left. — The fish passes through the lower frame, partly obscured by low light and film grain.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with the large fish partly cropped on the right and small fish shapes near the bottom of the tank. — The fish moves out of frame on the right while smaller fish appear low in the aquarium.

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