San Diego County California-1968: Dolphin Leaping Out of Water at Aquatic Park

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

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Dolphin Leaping Out of Water at Aquatic Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a dolphin leaping high out of a pool at an aquatic park in San Diego County, California. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows the dolphin mid-jump against a backdrop of a light-colored pool deck, striped barriers, and potted plants. A lifeguard stand and a circular sign reading 'MARINELAND' are visible in the background. The scene evokes a nostalgic, retro atmosphere of mid-century entertainment, with the dolphin's athletic arc frozen in time.

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: 124630538

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 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: Supports requests for 1960s Southern California aquatic park footage, animal performance inserts, or nostalgic home-movie views of public entertainment spaces.
Period detail: The pale pool deck, striped barriers, potted plants, lifeguard-style stand, and circular Marineland sign may show mid-century aquatic park design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, watching a dolphin leap from across the pool rather than staging a formal production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin above or near the water, pool surface, pale deck, striped barriers, potted plants, a stand, and a circular sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, faded color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet edge artifacts typical of physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for 1960s leisure, animal shows, or San Diego County travel sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a public aquatic attraction from a family-film viewpoint, with an animal performance framed as casual vacation or leisure activity.
Research note: Review is advised for the visible Marineland branding and any distant identifiable people; copyright, trademark, likeness, and location permissions are separate issues.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1968 8mm dolphin show, San Diego County aquatic park home movie, Marineland pool footage, and vintage animal performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Diego County 1968 material, then broader 1960s aquatic park or dolphin show footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame of a dolphin jumping above an aquatic park pool with deck fixtures and signage behind it. — Dolphin rises from the pool in front of striped barriers and park fixtures.

A dolphin reaches the top of a jump over a pool at a San Diego County aquatic park in 1968 home-movie footage. — Dolphin peaks above the pool against the aquatic park deck backdrop.

Faded 8mm frame showing the pool and aquatic park deck moments after the dolphin jump in 1968 San Diego County footage. — The pool surface settles below the striped deck barriers after the jump.

Wide home-movie view of the aquatic park pool area in San Diego County, with striped barriers and signage visible through faded 8mm color. — Aquatic park pool area with deck barriers and signage in the background.

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