Alabama-1958: Sea Lion Balancing on Platform

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

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Sea Lion Balancing on Platform — Clip Details

ALABAMA-1958: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a sea lion performance at a coastal venue. The footage begins with blank film leader showing scratches and dust, then reveals a sea lion balancing on a platform under a large tent. A man in a white uniform stands nearby as the animal performs. The scene is shot in daylight with warm, faded colors typical of 1950s home movies, featuring visible film grain and age marks. The clip offers authentic archival footage for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 125504455

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Alabama or Gulf Coast leisure-era sequences needing brief archival footage of a sea lion act with a uniformed handler.
Period detail: The white uniform, simple platform staging, faded color, and visitor viewpoint support a late-1950s outdoor attraction setting, with Alabama supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a spectator filming a short performance moment from a distance rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sea lion, a man in a white uniform, a raised platform, steps, a chair, tent-like shade, bright daylight, and heavy film frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, exposure shifts, dust, scratches, and thick contact-sheet borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, memory beat, or period insert for midcentury travel, roadside attractions, animal shows, or family vacation footage.
Historical context: The footage shows a public animal performance environment and spectator-era leisure culture, but the exact venue and event are not identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: People and an animal performer are visible, so likeness, venue, animal-use context, and underlying copyright should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s 8mm sea lion show, Alabama home movie animal performance, vintage coastal attraction footage, or man in white uniform with sea lion.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Alabama 1958 travel scenes, then broader vintage sea lion, aquarium, zoo, or outdoor attraction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Alabama home-movie frame showing a sea lion on a small platform as a white-uniformed handler stands nearby in daylight. — Sea lion rests on a platform while the uniformed handler stands to the side.

Pale overexposed 8mm frame with visible dust, scratches, and dark vertical borders, with little scene detail visible. — Overexposed section of film with visible age marks and frame borders.

1958 Alabama home-movie frame showing a sea lion upright on a platform while the uniformed handler raises one arm beside it. — Handler gestures toward the upright sea lion during the outdoor act.

Wide 1958 Alabama home-movie view of a sea lion act under large shade, with a uniformed handler, platform steps, and performance props. — Wide view of the sea lion performance setup with handler and staging visible.

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