Los Angeles California USA-1962: Seal Swimming In A Pool Then Cut To Coastal Landscape

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

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Seal Swimming In A Pool Then Cut To Coastal Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a seal swimming gracefully in a clear pool, its spotted body gliding beneath rippling water. The scene transitions to a scenic coastal landscape with waves crashing against rocky cliffs along the California shoreline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering authentic 1960s Americana footage for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 123754170

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s California archive requests needing animal footage, coastal scenery, or a brief home-movie transition between marine-life and shoreline material.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color home-movie imagery with a seal in a pool and a rocky California coast, with no visible signage or landmarks to narrow the setting further.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing a seal through a pool surface before cutting to a scenic coastal lookout view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a spotted seal, clear rippling pool water, film-frame borders, blue ocean, surf, rocky cliffs, and a curving shoreline.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and gate edges that give the scan a clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short animal insert, coastal cutaway, or memory beat linking leisure travel with California shoreline scenery.
Historical context: The clip reflects mid-century home-movie travel or leisure observation, showing marine-animal viewing and coastal landscape without identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but location and animal-facility context should be reviewed separately from copyright and source licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm California coast, seal swimming in pool, vintage Los Angeles home movie, rocky shoreline waves, and marine animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with 1962 Los Angeles or California coast clips, then with vintage wildlife, beach, pool, and ocean footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm frame showing a spotted seal gliding through clear pool water in the Los Angeles, California clip. — A spotted seal swims through rippling pool water in the opening frame.

A seal moves through a clear pool in this 1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame, seen from a high visitor viewpoint. — The seal continues across the pool beneath bright surface reflections.

Close 8mm view of the seal near the pool edge, with spotted markings visible under rippling water. — A closer frame emphasizes the seal's spotted body and the pool-water texture.

1962 California coastal view with blue ocean, breaking surf, rocky cliffs, and a curved shoreline after the seal shot. — The clip cuts from the pool to a rocky California shoreline with waves below the cliffs.

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