San Diego County California-1968: Dolphins Leaping and Splashing in Aquarium Pool for Spectators

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 San Diego California

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Dolphins Leaping and Splashing in Aquarium Pool for... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures dolphins performing in a large aquarium pool in San Diego County, California.观众 are seen from behind, watching the animals leap and swim through the water. The footage shows a dolphin mid-jump, creating splashes, and another swimming near the surface. The scene is bathed in the warm, saturated colors typical of 1960s home movies, with visible film grain and a slightly faded quality. The pool's blue water contrasts with the white foam of the dolphins' movements, creating a nostalgic and lively atmosphere. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about marine life and mid-century entertainment.

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: 124630234

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 1333 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1968 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: San Diego, 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 editorial or documentary requests about marine parks, aquarium shows, dolphin performances, and family tourism in Southern California.
Period detail: The footage may show a late-1960s visitor setting with saturated 8mm color, a large blue performance pool, low spectator railing, and casual crowd viewing from behind.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot home movie, watching dolphins from the audience rather than a staged promotional angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dolphins surfacing and jumping, splashing water, a large aquarium pool, spectators seen from behind, railings, and partial pool edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, saturated blue-purple color, slight fading, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century tourism, aquarium entertainment, or changing views of marine-animal performance.
Historical context: The scene documents public spectatorship around trained marine animals in a large pool, without proving the specific venue beyond the supplied San Diego County metadata.
Research note: People are visible from behind and should be reviewed for likeness concerns, while copyright, venue permissions, and animal-performance context remain separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 8mm dolphin show, San Diego County aquarium pool, vintage marine park audience, and home movie dolphins performing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 San Diego County tourism footage, then broader vintage aquarium or marine-life performance material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame showing spectators from behind watching a dolphin splash in a large blue aquarium pool. — Audience members watch a dolphin make a splash in the pool.

Dolphins appear near the surface of a large aquarium pool in 1968 San Diego County footage, with foam trails across the water. — Dolphins move across the pool surface during the show.

A dolphin surfaces upright near the pool edge while spectators watch from the lower frame in 1968 San Diego County home-movie footage. — A dolphin rises from the water near the pool edge.

A dolphin creates a splash in the large aquarium pool as a viewer at the railing watches in 1968 San Diego County footage. — A viewer watches as a dolphin splashes in the pool.

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