Alabama-1958: Dolphin Performing Jump Trick for Treat

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

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Dolphin Performing Jump Trick for Treat — Clip Details

ALABAMA-1958: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a dolphin performing a jump trick in a pool, interacting with a trainer in a white uniform. The scene unfolds at a marine park or aquarium, with a large geodesic dome structure visible in the background. The footage shows the dolphin leaping from the water to receive a treat, showcasing a classic animal training performance. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features characteristic grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American leisure moment.

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: 125504494

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 American leisure, marine-animal performance, or visitor-filmed aquarium and roadside attraction sequences in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The pool show, white-uniformed trainer, and geodesic dome structure may show mid-century marine-park presentation details consistent with the 1958 Alabama metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, watching a brief dolphin trick from the audience side of a pool rather than a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin pool, a leaping dolphin, a white-uniformed trainer, railings, a geodesic dome frame, palm-like foliage, and soft audience-side framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld blur that give the scene a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century tourism, animal shows, family outings, or aquarium entertainment.
Historical context: The footage reflects a public animal-performance setting and leisure viewing culture, while the exact venue and program details should be verified outside the frames.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, venue, and animal-performance context may require separate review depending on intended use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s 8mm dolphin show, Alabama marine park home movie, vintage aquarium performance, or mid-century animal trick footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel marine-park scenes, then other 1958 Alabama footage, then broader 1950s aquarium, animal show, tourism, and family-outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Alabama home-movie frame showing a dolphin jumping in a pool near a white-uniformed trainer. — A dolphin jumps near the edge of a show pool as a trainer waits nearby.

White-uniformed trainer stands near the pool area with a large geodesic dome frame behind the scene. — The trainer stands at the poolside beneath the dome-like structure.

Soft 8mm frame of the marine-show area, with the trainer partly visible beside railings and dome supports. — The camera holds on the poolside structure and trainer after the dolphin action.

The final frame shows the trainer near the show pool, with dome supports and railings in faded 8mm color. — The shot lingers on the trainer and surrounding poolside show architecture.

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