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Lake Tahoe California-1969: Two Dolphins Rise from Pool During Performance

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  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 · Lake Tahoe, California, United States
  • StatusDirect License

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Two Dolphins Rise from Pool During Performance — 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

  • aquatic
  • swimming
  • animals
  • smart
  • tricks
  • dolphins
  • raise
  • water
  • tail
  • flukes
  • trainer
  • watches
  • pool
  • wildlife
  • tahoe california USA
  • 1969
  • 1969 dolphin show footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Lake Tahoe California
  • Super 8 home movie
  • marine animal performance
  • dolphins swimming
  • retro 1960s footage
  • archival animal training
  • old film footage
  • vintage pool show
  • 1960s nostalgia
  • classic dolphin tricks
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage animal entertainment
  • old California footage
  • retro film grain
  • 1969 home movie
  • vintage aquatic show
  • 8mm film archive
  • vintage wildlife footage

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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