San Diego County California-1968: Dolphins Jumping in Pool at Aquarium

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

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Dolphins Jumping in Pool at Aquarium — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a dolphin show at an aquatic park in San Diego County, California. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows four dolphins leaping in unison from the water, their sleek bodies arcing against the pool's surface. The scene includes a lifeguard stand, striped barriers, and spectators along the poolside, all rendered in the warm, faded tones of classic Super 8 film. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the playful performance with authentic, nostalgic charm.

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: 124630543

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s San Diego County aquatic-park footage for editors needing a brief home-movie view of trained dolphins leaping during a public show.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, pool railings, striped barriers, and spectator-edge framing may show late-1960s amusement-park design and visitor viewing areas.
Home-movie behavior: The mostly static framing preserves a visitor-shot perspective on a dolphin performance, with attention fixed on the pool rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale show pool, dolphins surfacing or leaping, poolside railings, striped barrier markings, a lifeguard-style stand, and distant spectators.
Film character: The scan has soft focus, heavy grain, faded color, exposure bloom, and gate-edge contact-sheet artifacts that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century family travel, marine-park entertainment, or trained animal performance.
Historical context: The clip reflects a public leisure setting where visitors watched dolphins perform in a contained pool, without supporting claims about the specific venue.
Research note: People appear along the pool edge, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depiction rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1968 8mm dolphin show, San Diego County aquatic park home movie, vintage marine animal performance, and dolphins jumping in unison.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1968 San Diego County park footage, then with broader vintage aquarium or marine animal show material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 8mm San Diego County footage showing a pale aquatic show pool with dolphins near the surface and striped poolside barriers. — Dolphins move near the surface of a show pool as poolside barriers frame the faded 8mm view.

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame with dolphins arcing from the show pool while people stand along the poolside edge. — Dolphins rise from the pool during a public aquatic performance, with spectators faintly visible nearby.

Faded 1968 8mm frame of a San Diego County dolphin show pool, with dolphins low in the water and people partly visible at the lower edge. — The show pool fills the frame while dolphins and partial spectators appear through heavy exposure bloom.

1968 San Diego County poolside view with dolphins near the surface, striped markings above, and faint spectators along the lower edge. — A final faded view holds on the aquatic show pool as dolphins settle near the surface.

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