Los Angeles California USA-1962: Sea Lion Show At Park With Audience

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

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Sea Lion Show At Park With Audience — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a lively aquatic animal show at a Los Angeles park. A large crowd fills the bleachers, watching a trainer in a white uniform perform with sea lions on a sandy stage beside a turquoise pool. The scene features a shipwreck prop, flags, and a life preserver, all under a bright sunny sky. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 123753650

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles leisure, amusement-park, or animal-show sequences needing real 8mm visitor-shot atmosphere.
Period detail: The bleachers, trainer uniform, poolside stage props, flags, and color 8mm look support an early-1960s public aquatic attraction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from the audience area, preserving the casual viewpoint of a park visitor following the show across the pool.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include crowded bleachers, a turquoise performance pool, white-uniformed trainers, sea lions, a sandy stage, shipwreck prop, flags, and life preserver decor.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, gate edges, color shifts, and handheld framing that mark it as original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, cutaway, or memory beat for midcentury family tourism, animal entertainment, or Southern California recreation.
Historical context: The footage shows a public audience watching trained sea lions in a staged pool setting, reflecting period leisure culture without identifying a specific venue.
Research note: People and possible faces are visible in the audience and stage area, so likeness and venue context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 Los Angeles 8mm sea lion show, vintage aquatic animal performance, home movie park audience, and midcentury pool stage footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles park footage, then broader 1960s animal-show or family-attraction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a packed audience beside a turquoise aquatic show pool. — A large audience watches from bleachers as water splashes in the performance pool.

1962 Los Angeles aquatic show stage with white-uniformed trainers, sea lions, props, and pool edge. — Trainers and sea lions appear on the sandy stage beside a turquoise pool.

Visitor-shot 1962 Los Angeles frame of trainers and sea lions on a poolside show stage with a foreground platform. — The home-movie camera frames the pool, platform, and stage during the animal show.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the sea lion show stage, turquoise pool, trainers, and midcentury park props. — A wide poolside view shows trainers working near sea lions on the staged set.

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