San Diego County California-1968: Person Feeding Dolphins in Pool

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

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Person Feeding Dolphins in Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a person feeding dolphins in a pool at a marine facility in San Diego County, California. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows a figure in light clothing leaning over the water's edge, offering food to the animals. A life preserver ring and concrete structures are visible in the background, with the water reflecting the bright, sunny day. The handheld camera movement and film artifacts add to the authentic, nostalgic feel of this archival clip.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124630552

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 Southern California archive requests needing marine-park or dolphin-feeding home-movie footage for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, concrete pool edge, life ring, and visitor vantage may show a late-1960s public marine facility setting in San Diego County.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching a person at the pool edge feed dolphins while the handheld camera drifts slightly.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bright pool, dolphins near the surface, a person in light clothing, a life preserver ring, concrete walls, shadows, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, faded color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that signal original 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for 1960s tourism, marine-animal attractions, or family travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a visitor-recorded encounter with dolphins in a managed pool environment, without enough visual detail to identify the facility or event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, but copyright, location, and animal-facility context should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 San Diego dolphins, 8mm marine facility footage, vintage dolphin feeding pool, and 1960s California home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with 1968 San Diego County footage, then with marine-life, zoo, aquarium, tourism, or animal-feeding material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame with a washed-out view of a marine pool area and dark contact-sheet film edges. — A bright, faded pool view appears through the 8mm film frame.

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame showing a person at a marine pool edge as dolphins appear near the surface. — A person stands at the pool edge as dolphins move in the water.

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame of a person leaning toward dolphins in a bright marine facility pool. — The visitor-shot view follows a person feeding or reaching toward dolphins.

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame showing a person by a marine pool as dolphins pass through faded blue water. — Dolphins move in the pool while the person remains near the edge.

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