Florida USA-1966: Young Alligator with Lily Pads in Swamp

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Young Alligator with Lily Pads in Swamp — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a serene Florida swamp scene. The footage opens on a lily pad-covered pond surrounded by dense brush, then shifts to a close-up of a spiky bromeliad plant in dappled sunlight. The sequence concludes with a young alligator resting on a grassy bank, its textured skin and powerful form clearly visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural light, offering authentic archival footage of Florida wildlife and wetland environments.

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: 125503007

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.

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 1036 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida nov 26 to dec 14
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1966 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: Florida, 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: 1960s Florida home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for wetland wildlife, swamp vegetation, and non-staged alligator cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1960s 8mm color home-movie handling through soft focus, handheld framing, and warm color shifts rather than visible dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot wildlife-observation feel, moving from pond plants to close vegetation and then to an alligator resting on a grassy bank.
What appears in frame: Visible details include lily pads on still water, dense brush, a spiky bromeliad-like plant, sunlit grasses, and a small alligator near the bank.
Film character: The scan carries authentic 8mm texture with visible grain, gate edges, exposure variation, color fading, and quick handheld reframing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wetland establishing insert, wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into Florida nature material.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for recreational or observational filming of Florida wetlands and native wildlife in a 1960s home-movie record.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but users should still review copyright, location context, and wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Florida 8mm swamp footage, vintage alligator home movie, lily pad wetland, and archival Everglades-style wildlife scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Florida footage, then broader vintage wetland, nature, and alligator material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Florida 8mm frame of lily pads spread across still swamp water with dense brush and pale branches beyond. — Lily pads cover a still wetland pool beside dense brush.

1966 Florida 8mm frame showing a spiky bromeliad-like plant surrounded by brush and dappled wetland light. — A spiky plant fills the frame amid dense swamp vegetation.

1966 Florida 8mm frame of a small alligator lying on a grassy bank beside swamp vegetation and lily pads. — A small alligator rests partly in grass near the waterline.

1966 Florida 8mm frame showing an alligator on a grassy wetland bank with lily pads and brush in the background. — The alligator remains still on the bank beside wetland vegetation.

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