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New York USA-1954: Whale or Dolphin Breaching in the Ocean

  • Year1954
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Whale or Dolphin Breaching in the Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a distant view of a large marine animal breaching the surface of the ocean. The footage shows a whale or large dolphin creating splashes in the deep blue water under a clear sky, with visible film grain and slight wear. The scene evokes a sense of quiet adventure and natural wonder, filmed from a distance with a static camera. This archival clip offers authentic 1950s Americana and ocean wildlife footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125300992

Rights & Clearance

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

  • People 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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label
barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note
1953-1954
Reel-level location note
new york city
Date
1954 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New York, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • nature
  • ocean
  • sea
  • whale
  • dolphin
  • clear sky€ s
  • adventure at sea
  • swimming
  • surface
  • water
  • clear
  • skies
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • new york USA
  • 1954
  • 1954 ocean footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • whale breaching
  • marine wildlife
  • 1950s home movie
  • archival ocean clip
  • vintage sea footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • classic film
  • wildlife documentary
  • retro ocean scene
  • old film footage
  • 1950s nature
  • vintage documentary
  • historical footage
  • 8mm film
  • sea adventure
  • animal behavior
  • vintage Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s 8mm ocean wildlife footage for documentary inserts, natural-history context, or archival travel and coastal memory sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York 8mm frame showing open ocean and a distant white splash where a marine animal appears to surface.
A small splash breaks the distant ocean surface beneath a pale sky.

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