Miami Florida-1956: Man Spraying Water On Captured Large Fish On Water Dock

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationMiami, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 in Florida

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Man Spraying Water On Captured Large Fish On Water Dock — Clip Details

MIAMI FLORIDA-1956: A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants stands on a wooden dock, holding a large fish vertically by its tail. The fish, likely a marlin or swordfish, is being sprayed with water from a hose, its dark blue body glistening. Palm trees and a small building are visible in the background, with water surrounding the dock. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement as the man adjusts his grip, capturing a moment of pride and activity from a vintage home movie.

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: 124607914

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Miami, Florida, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1950s Miami home-movie requests needing sport fishing, dockside leisure, or captured big-game fish material for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-1950s leisure details in clothing, dock construction, palm-lined waterfront setting, and casual handling of a large fish.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as a person tends to a large hanging fish with a hose from a close dockside viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light shirt, a large vertical fish, hose spray, wooden dock, water, palm trees, and a small waterfront building.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and contact-sheet motion blur that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for fishing trips, Florida vacations, waterfront leisure, or post-catch activity.
Historical context: The footage places a captured large fish in a casual Miami waterfront setting, reflecting recreational dockside activity without identifying the people or site.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Miami 8mm fishing footage, large fish on dock, Florida home movie, marlin or swordfish catch, and vintage waterfront leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Miami waterfront material, then broader Florida fishing or vacation home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Miami home-movie frame showing a person near a large vertical fish on a dock with palm trees and a small building beyond the water. — A person stands near a large fish hanging beside a waterfront dock.

1956 Miami frame of a man in a light shirt and dark pants holding a large fish upright on a narrow wooden dock. — A man holds a large fish upright on a waterfront dock.

Soft 8mm frame from Miami in 1956 with a large blue-toned fish hanging beside a dock and a man nearby at the water's edge. — The large fish hangs beside the dock while the man stands near the water.

1956 Miami dockside frame showing a man from behind beside a large hanging fish, with hose line, water, and palm-lined background visible. — The man stands beside the hanging fish at the end of the dock.

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