Lake Tahoe California-1969: Two Dolphins Raise Up In Water To Using Their Tail

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

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Two Dolphins Raise Up In Water To Using Their Tail — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures two dolphins performing in a pool at Lake Tahoe, California. The footage shows the dolphins rising vertically out of the water, their sleek bodies glistening as they execute a trained trick. The pool features a yellow border and green artificial turf, with a trainer visible in the background. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era, evoking a nostalgic, retro feel. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted moments of marine animal entertainment from the late 1960s.

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: 124610079

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational edits needing late-1960s 8mm footage of marine animal entertainment at Lake Tahoe.
Period detail: The yellow pool edge, artificial turf, faded color, and casual visitor viewpoint support a late-1960s amusement-attraction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor filming a brief trained dolphin trick from the audience side of the pool.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two dolphins, dark pool water, white splashes, a yellow pool border, green turf, and a trainer or staff figure near the edge.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color fading, and handheld framing that gives the footage physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for stories about tourism, animal shows, or midcentury leisure.
Historical context: The footage reflects a public marine animal performance environment as recorded by a home-movie camera in 1969.
Research note: Human likeness, possible staff identification, and visible branded or attraction signage should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Lake Tahoe dolphin show 8mm, vintage marine animal performance, and home movie aquarium pool footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Lake Tahoe 1969 material, then broader vintage animal-show or tourist-attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing two dolphins upright in a performance pool with splashing water and a yellow border. — Two dolphins rise from the pool during a trained routine.

1969 Lake Tahoe frame with a dolphin upright in churning pool water near a yellow-edged performance area. — One dolphin holds upright as water churns around the performance pool.

1969 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing one dolphin upright in the foreground and another surfacing in the performance pool. — A foreground dolphin rises while another moves through the water behind it.

1969 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame with two dolphins in a pool, one vertical near the back and one rising in the foreground. — Two dolphins appear at different depths during the pool routine.

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