Alabama-1958: Sea Lion Performance And Captain At Marine Animal Show

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

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Sea Lion Performance And Captain At Marine Animal Show — Clip Details

ALABAMA-1958: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a sea lion performing on a small platform, its dark silhouette outlined against a bright backdrop. A man in a white captain's uniform and hat stands nearby, saluting or gesturing during what appears to be a marine animal show. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, scratches, and slight color fading, with a white wall and simple stage props visible. The sequence includes a shadowy figure and a brief blank frame, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel from a mid-century family outing.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125504452

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Alabama archival requests needing brief marine animal show footage, family outing atmosphere, or mid-century leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The white captain-style uniform, simple show platform, painted backdrop, and 8mm color stock may show a late-1950s roadside or marine attraction presentation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching a trained sea lion and costumed handler from the audience rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sea lion on a small platform, a man in a white captain hat, a bright wall or backdrop, chair-like props, shadows, and film edge marks.
Film character: Soft focus, pale color, dust, scratches, and uneven exposure give the short 8mm sequence a tactile home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, memory beat, or transition for mid-century family travel, animal performance, or attraction footage.
Historical context: The scene reflects a public animal-performance setting as seen by a family camera, with showmanship and audience perspective more legible than site identity.
Research note: Human likeness and any visible branding should be reviewed separately from copyright, and the exact venue or operator is not identified in the frames.
Research search match: Researchers may find this through searches for 1950s Alabama 8mm sea lion show, vintage marine animal performance, or captain handler home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Alabama 1958 family-trip material, then with other vintage animal-show or roadside-attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A dark sea lion silhouette sits on a small raised platform in 1958 Alabama home-movie footage. — Sea lion posed on a small platform during a marine animal show.

A man in a white captain-style uniform and hat appears near show props in the Alabama 1958 clip. — Costumed handler or captain figure stands near the performance area.

A partial figure or prop crosses the lower frame against a pale backdrop in the 8mm show footage. — Brief partial view of the performance area with soft exposure and scratches.

A sea lion rests on a small platform before a bright backdrop in the 1958 Alabama marine show scene. — Sea lion shown on its platform near simple stage props.

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