Lake Tahoe California-1969: Dolphin Tows Person on Board at Lake Tahoe

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

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Dolphin Tows Person on Board at Lake Tahoe — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a thrilling moment at Lake Tahoe, California, where a dolphin pulls a person on a yellow board around a buoy. The footage shows the rider balancing on the board as the dolphin swims beneath, creating a dynamic wake. Bright sunlight reflects off the deep blue water, highlighting the vibrant yellow board and the colorful buoy. The grainy, nostalgic quality of the Super 8 film adds to the authentic, archival feel of this unique aquatic adventure.

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: 124610160

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s recreational water-sport or animal-performance archive requests, especially documentary inserts about Lake Tahoe leisure footage shot on 8mm home movie film.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, simple tow board, bright buoy, and lake setting may show late-1960s outdoor recreation details consistent with the 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged spectator viewpoint, watching a person balance on a yellow board while a dolphin-like animal tows them across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue lake water, a yellow tow board, a standing or crouched rider, a buoy, a tow line, wake trails, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, saturated blue water, flickering exposure, soft focus, and contact-print framing that give it a clear home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, novelty recreation insert, lake-life transition, or memory beat within a sequence on 1960s travel and aquatic entertainment.
Historical context: The scene documents a leisure spectacle on a sunny lake, with a human rider and trained marine animal activity presented from a distant home-movie vantage point.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply; copyright status, animal-performance context, and location permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1969 Lake Tahoe 8mm dolphin tow board, vintage water-sport home movie, 1960s aquatic show footage, and yellow board buoy lake scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1969 Lake Tahoe clips, then with 1960s water recreation, boating, or animal-performance material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing a distant rider on a yellow board being towed across rippled blue water near a buoy. — A rider on a yellow board moves across the lake as a small buoy floats nearby.

1969 Lake Tahoe frame with a rider on a yellow board circling an orange-and-white buoy while an animal shape moves below the surface. — The yellow board passes close to the buoy, leaving ripples and wake behind it.

1969 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing a rider on a yellow board near a buoy, with a pale dolphin-like form visible under the water. — A pale animal form is visible beneath the surface as the rider continues past the buoy.

1969 Lake Tahoe frame showing a rider on a yellow board being towed by a pale dolphin-like animal across deep blue water. — The tow line is visible between the yellow board and the animal at the water surface.

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