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Los Angeles California USA-1962: Swimming Sea Turtle Underwater

  • Year1962
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1962 California
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Swimming Sea Turtle Underwater — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sea turtle swimming gracefully underwater in a dark, murky ocean environment. The footage, filmed in Los Angeles, California, shows the turtle gliding through the water with its flippers moving rhythmically, its textured shell visible in the dim, greenish-blue light. The grainy, low-light quality of the Super 8 footage adds to the authentic archival feel, with occasional light reflections on the water's surface. This rare underwater glimpse of marine wildlife offers a nostalgic look at ocean life from the early 1960s, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123754305

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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
This 1962 Los Angeles 8mm clip supports archive requests for early-1960s underwater marine-life footage, especially documentary inserts, educational cutaways, or period nature sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a partially obscured sea turtle underwater in dark green-blue water, with grain and film-frame edges visible.
Sea turtle partly visible in murky underwater light.

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