San Diego County California-1968: Man Feeding Dolphins at Marine Park

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

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Man Feeding Dolphins at Marine Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a trainer feeding dolphins at a marine park in San Diego County, California. The footage shows a man in a light-colored shirt and pants leaning over a circular platform, offering food to several dolphins that leap from the water. The pool's blue water contrasts with the vibrant greenish hue of the deeper section, and spectators watch from a raised concrete walkway. The grainy, color-graded quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124630259

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1968 8mm home-movie footage useful for editorial requests about Southern California marine parks, visitor leisure, and dolphin-feeding demonstrations.
Period detail: The concrete pool edge, raised viewing walkway, and color 8mm look may show a late-1960s public marine attraction setting in San Diego County.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching a trainer lean over the pool while dolphins surface for food during a public show.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pool water, dolphins at the surface, a trainer on a round platform, feed containers, a pole, and spectators above the pool wall.
Film character: The scan has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated blue-green water, slight exposure shifts, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century family travel, marine attractions, or animal-show sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents visitors observing trained dolphins in a public pool environment, reflecting leisure and animal-display practices visible in the period material.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, location permissions, and any marine park identification should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1968 San Diego 8mm dolphin feeding, vintage marine park home movie, Southern California dolphin show, and trainer feeding dolphins archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1968 San Diego County clips, then broader 1960s marine park, zoo, aquarium, or family travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame showing dolphins breaking the surface in a blue marine park pool near a curved concrete viewing wall. — Dolphins surface and churn the water near the pool wall.

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame with a trainer on a circular platform feeding dolphins in a marine park pool. — A trainer leans toward dolphins waiting beside the platform.

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame showing multiple dolphins rising near a trainer during a feeding demonstration at a marine park pool. — Several dolphins cluster beside the platform during feeding.

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame with dolphins surfacing around a circular platform as the trainer handles feed containers. — Dolphins rise from the water around the trainer's platform.

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