Lake Tahoe California-1969: Sea Lions At Animal Park Swim In Pool And Sun

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Lake Tahoe California

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Sea Lions At Animal Park Swim In Pool And Sun — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures sea lions lounging and swimming in a pool at an animal park in Lake Tahoe, California. The footage shows the dark-furred animals resting on a white platform behind metal railings, with visitors visible in the background. The scene has a warm, nostalgic glow with green-tinted water and natural daylight. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse of wildlife entertainment from the late 1960s. The grainy texture and slight color shifts are characteristic of Super 8 film, making it ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124610003

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 1343 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #9,easter,grandma granpa visit,spring rainbow,opening day,little league,baseball
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: clarendon hills, illinois, woodland hills, california
Date: 1969 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: Lake Tahoe, 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: 1969 8mm Lake Tahoe animal-park footage suited for documentary or educational edits about mid-century leisure, wildlife displays, and family travel.
Period detail: The metal railings, simple pool enclosure, visitor clothing glimpses, and 8mm color rendering may show a late-1960s animal attraction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on sea lions resting and swimming without staged performance or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sea lions, a white platform, metal railings, green pool water, enclosure shadows, walkway edges, and passing visitors.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, high-contrast shadows, saturated green water, slight softness, and warm daylight color shifts typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, period insert, or memory beat within sequences on tourism, animal parks, or changing wildlife entertainment norms.
Historical context: The scene documents a public-facing animal enclosure where visitors observe sea lions in a contained pool environment in the Lake Tahoe area.
Research note: People are visible in the background, so likeness and venue context should be reviewed separately from any copyright status in the footage.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Lake Tahoe animal park 8mm footage, sea lions in pool home movie, and vintage zoo enclosure California footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel animal-park scenes, then other 1969 Lake Tahoe footage, then broader vintage zoo or aquatic animal attraction clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lake Tahoe animal-park view of dark-furred sea lions lounging behind railings beside a green-tinted pool. — Sea lions rest on a white platform behind metal railings at the animal-park pool.

Sea lions sit behind metal railings in the Lake Tahoe animal-park enclosure while a visitor partially crosses the foreground. — A visitor passes the enclosure as sea lions remain on the platform behind railings.

A sea lion swims through green-tinted pool water behind enclosure railings in the 1969 Lake Tahoe animal-park footage. — A sea lion moves through the pool, partly obscured by vertical railings.

The sea lion swims near the pool edge, with vertical bars and bright green water dominating the Lake Tahoe animal-park frame. — The pool and railings fill the frame as a sea lion swims near the enclosure edge.

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