San Diego County California-1968: Three Sea Lions Performing Near Giant Tank At Theme Park

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

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Three Sea Lions Performing Near Giant Tank At Theme Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures three sea lions performing near a large aquatic tank at a theme park in San Diego County, California. The grainy, color-tinted footage shows the animals on a wet platform with striped barriers, executing tricks under the guidance of a trainer. The scene is set during the day, with a life preserver ring visible on the wall and a large sculptural plinth in the background. The footage exudes a nostalgic, retro charm, offering a glimpse into mid-century marine animal 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: 124630456

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: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of marine animal entertainment in Southern California.
Period detail: The striped barriers, life ring, poolside platform, and color 8mm texture support a late-1960s theme-park or marine-show setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator viewpoint, watching the sea lions and trainer from across the water rather than staging the action for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three sea lions, a trainer figure, wet performance platforms, striped barriers, a pool edge, a wall-mounted life ring, and a large tank area.
Film character: The footage has soft color, heavy grain, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that give it a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, family travel, or marine-park sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects public animal-performance display culture as seen through a 1968 home-movie camera, without confirming the venue identity from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, venue, and animal-performance context should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 8mm San Diego marine park sea lions, vintage theme park animal show, and home movie aquatic performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then San Diego or 1968 travel material, then broader marine animal show or theme-park visitor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame showing sea lions near a wet marine-show platform, with a distant trainer and pool edge visible. — Sea lions perform beside a poolside platform in a visitor-shot marine-show scene.

1968 San Diego County frame with three sea lions on striped platforms beside the water and a trainer figure in the background. — Three sea lions appear positioned on striped stands during a marine animal routine.

Vintage 8mm frame from San Diego County showing sea lions upright on small striped platforms during a poolside performance. — Sea lions hold upright positions on striped platforms beside the tank.

1968 San Diego County marine-show frame with three sea lions on striped stands, seen through soft, grainy 8mm color footage. — Three sea lions stay grouped on low striped stands at the poolside show area.

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