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Alabama-1958: Man Feeding Fish in Tropical Pond

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationAlabama, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 Alabama

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Man Feeding Fish in Tropical Pond — Clip Details

ALABAMA-1958: A man in a light-colored shirt and shorts feeds fish in a shallow pond at a zoo or wildlife enclosure. He bends over the water's edge, holding a red bucket, while several large fish swim near the surface. The scene is framed by a rocky border and tropical vegetation, captured on vintage 8mm film with natural colors and film grain. The footage shows a quiet, nostalgic moment of human-animal interaction in a mid-century American setting.

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
125504392

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 record not linked for this clip
Date
1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location
Alabama, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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

  • people
  • lake
  • fish
  • fishing
  • water
  • person
  • catching
  • alabama
  • 1958
  • 1958 Alabama footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1950s home movie
  • feeding fish
  • zoo footage
  • tropical enclosure
  • man feeding animals
  • archival 8mm
  • classic home movie
  • vintage wildlife
  • retro film
  • 1950s Americana
  • outdoor pond
  • fish feeding
  • vintage family footage
  • historical footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • nostalgic clip
  • old film
  • vintage documentary

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s Alabama home-movie requests needing a brief zoo or wildlife-pond cutaway with human-animal interaction.
Period detail
The light shirt, cuffed shorts, red bucket, rocky pond edge, and tropical planting may show a mid-century zoo or wildlife enclosure setting.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective as a man bends close to the pond and feeds large fish gathering at the surface.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a man, red bucket, shallow pond water, large fish, rocky edging, grass, palms, and tropical vegetation.
Film character
The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with home-movie film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for zoo visits, animal feeding, leisure travel, or mid-century family footage.
Historical context
The clip records casual public leisure and animal viewing in a 1958 Alabama setting without identifying the exact venue from the frames alone.
Research note
A visible adult appears, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright, location, and property status should be assessed separately.
Research search match
Searches such as 1958 Alabama 8mm zoo pond, man feeding fish home movie, tropical enclosure footage, or mid-century wildlife attraction may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent same-reel scenes, then other Alabama 1958 material, then related home-movie footage of zoos, ponds, fish, or animal feeding.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Alabama home-movie frame showing large fish or aquatic animals near a landscaped pond edge with palms, rocks, and grass.
Large fish or aquatic animals gather beside a tropical-looking pond enclosure.
A man in light clothing bends over a shallow pond in Alabama, 1958, with a red bucket while large fish surface nearby.
Man leans over the pond edge while fish gather in the water.
A 1958 Alabama frame shows a man standing at a rocky pond edge while a large fish surfaces in shallow water.
A large fish rises near the man's feet at the rocky waterline.
The man with the red bucket stands close to the shallow pond as fish surface along the rocks in this 1958 Alabama home movie.
Fish surface beside the man and red bucket at the edge of the pond.

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