Los Angeles California USA-1962: Diver Stands On Ocean Floor As Large Fish Swim By

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

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Diver Stands On Ocean Floor As Large Fish Swim By — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a diver exploring the ocean floor in Los Angeles, California. The diver, clad in a classic diving suit with a helmet, stands on the seabed as large fish swim nearby. The footage is grainy and dark, with a purple tint and visible film scratches, characteristic of Super 8 archival footage. Bubbles rise from the diver's gear, and the underwater environment is dimly lit, creating a mysterious, nostalgic atmosphere. This authentic underwater scene offers a rare glimpse into mid-century diving and marine life.

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: 123753415

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Los Angeles underwater home-movie footage for edits needing mid-century diving, marine life, or ocean exploration context.
Period detail: The hard-hat style diving helmet and 8mm color stock may show early-1960s recreational or staged underwater filming practice.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the observer's raw underwater perspective as the diver remains near the seabed while large fish pass close to the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a helmeted diver, large fish, dim ocean floor, drifting bubbles, dark water, film gate edges, scratches, and purple-green color shifts.
Film character: The clip has dense grain, low underwater exposure, soft focus, visible frame edges, scratches, and a purple tint that reads as physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief underwater insert, period transition, marine-life cutaway, or memory beat in a sequence about diving or coastal California.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for mid-century underwater leisure or demonstration filming without identifying a specific dive site beyond the supplied Los Angeles metadata.
Research note: A person is visible in diving gear, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status must be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 8mm diver underwater, Los Angeles ocean floor fish, vintage hard-hat diving home movie, and mid-century marine life footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel underwater shots, then other 1962 Los Angeles coastal footage, then broader vintage diving or marine-life archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm underwater frame with a helmeted diver near the ocean floor and a large fish passing in low light. — A helmeted diver stands underwater while a large fish moves through the dim frame.

A helmeted diver appears from behind in the 1962 Los Angeles underwater footage as fish shapes pass in the dim frame. — The diver is seen from behind as fish move through the low-lit water.

Purple-tinted 8mm underwater frame with the diver and nearby fish partly obscured by low exposure and film grain. — The diver and nearby fish appear through heavy grain and dim underwater exposure.

Large fish dominates the 1962 Los Angeles underwater frame while the helmeted diver is faintly visible higher in the water. — A large fish passes across the foreground below the faint outline of the diver.

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