Los Angeles California USA-1962: Dolphin Show At Marineland Of The Pacific

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

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Dolphin Show At Marineland Of The Pacific — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dolphin show at Marineland of the Pacific in California. A dolphin swims in the pool while trainers in light-colored uniforms stand on the wet concrete deck. The iconic Marineland sign is visible in the background, with a red wall and potted plants. The footage shows natural film grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s, offering authentic archival footage of a classic marine park attraction.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123753888

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1960s California marine-park home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a visitor view of a dolphin show.
Period detail: The Marineland of the Pacific sign, red show wall, light trainer uniforms, and 8mm color palette support an early-1960s Southern California amusement setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a spectator's distant, unstaged view as trainers stand on the wet deck and a dolphin surfaces in the pool.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the pool edge, blue water, dolphin, trainers in light uniforms, red Marineland backdrop, circular sign, wet concrete, and potted plants.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a fixed spectator framing typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century tourism, marine entertainment, or California leisure sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows a public dolphin performance environment with uniformed trainers and audience-side framing, reflecting mid-century visitor documentation of marine attractions.
Research note: People and the Marineland sign are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location-context review may be needed alongside any underlying footage copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 8mm Marineland of the Pacific dolphin show, vintage California marine park home movie, and Los Angeles dolphin trainers archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles or Marineland material, then broader 1960s California amusement or animal-show footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm view of a Marineland of the Pacific dolphin pool with trainers on the wet deck and a dolphin surfacing in the water. — Trainers stand by the pool as a dolphin surfaces during the Marineland show.

Visitor-shot 1962 Marineland scene with a dolphin moving through the pool while uniformed trainers stand near the red backdrop. — A dolphin swims across the pool in front of the trainers and Marineland backdrop.

8mm home-movie frame of a dolphin surfacing near the show pool while Marineland trainers remain on the concrete deck. — The dolphin breaks the surface as trainers wait beside the pool.

1962 California marine-park home-movie frame showing trainers on the Marineland deck with a dolphin visible in the show pool. — Trainers remain on the show deck while the dolphin moves through the foreground pool.

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