Pearl Harbor Hawaii-1958: Sea Lions Performing Tricks

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationPearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Pearl Harbor Hawaii

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Sea Lions Performing Tricks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a trainer in a white uniform guiding sea lions through a performance at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The animals execute tricks on a wet, reflective stage, balancing on blocks and navigating a small obstacle. The footage shows natural film grain, slight blurriness, and age marks, preserving the authentic look of a mid-century home movie. The scene evokes nostalgia and offers a glimpse into historical entertainment at a U.S. naval base.

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: 125290700

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 1454 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: wh ferber
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: hawaii
Date: 1958 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: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 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 1950s documentary, museum, or educational edits needing visitor-shot footage of trained sea lions performing at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Period detail: The white uniform, simple stage blocks, wet show platform, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century public entertainment around a naval-base setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a spectator's distant home-movie view as the trainer cues animals through a short routine rather than a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white-uniformed trainer, dark sea lions, white blocks, a low obstacle frame, a wet reflective stage, and a plain backdrop.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, gate marks, muted color, and slight blur give the brief scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or contextual insert for leisure, animal performance, Hawaii travel, or naval-base life.
Historical context: The footage documents a sea lion act as seen by a home-movie camera, offering social context for mid-century public animal entertainment.
Research note: A person is visible and animal-performance context may need review; copyright, likeness, location, and animal-welfare considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1958 Pearl Harbor sea lion show, 1950s Hawaii animal act, vintage 8mm trainer with seals, and naval base entertainment may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Pearl Harbor or Hawaii footage from 1958, then broader 1950s animal performance or travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Pearl Harbor home-movie frame showing a white-uniformed trainer guiding sea lions on a wet performance stage. — A trainer moves beside sea lions as they perform around white blocks on a reflective stage.

1958 Pearl Harbor frame with a trainer standing near a sea lion navigating a low obstacle on the show platform. — A sea lion passes near a low frame while another animal sits on a block in the background.

Soft 8mm frame from Pearl Harbor showing the trainer and sea lions positioned around stage blocks during the routine. — The trainer appears to cue the animals as one sea lion waits near the obstacle frame.

1958 Hawaii home-movie frame showing a sea lion act with a trainer, blocks, and a low obstacle on a reflective platform. — A sea lion pauses near the trainer while another animal sits near a white block at the rear of the stage.

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