Alabama-1958: Dolphin Leaps from Pool at Marine Park

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

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Dolphin Leaps from Pool at Marine Park — Clip Details

ALABAMA-1958: Vintage 8mm film captures a dolphin performance at a marine park. A large geodesic dome structure looms in the background as a dolphin leaps from a pool, executing a trick. A trainer in a white uniform supervises the show. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic look of a 1950s home movie. The scene evokes mid-century Americana and the era's fascination with marine animal entertainment.

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: 125504497

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 archival requests about American marine park shows, trained dolphin performances, visitor leisure, and mid-century animal entertainment in editorial or documentary edits.
Period detail: The footage shows a 1958 Alabama dolphin pool performance with a white-uniformed trainer, rounded show structure, pool railings, and a large dome-like framework in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, watching the dolphin act from behind foreground barriers with brief handheld framing and show action partly crossing the frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin leaping from the pool, a trainer in a white uniform, pool water, railings, spectators or staff at a distance, a curved show wall, and a geodesic-style dome structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and uneven exposure that give the scene a recognizable late-1950s home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century tourism, family outings, animal shows, or public entertainment venues.
Historical context: The scene reflects a period when marine animal performances were presented as public leisure attractions, while the footage itself remains a personal home-movie record of the event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and animal-performance context may need review; copyright status, likeness rights, venue permissions, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1958 Alabama dolphin show, vintage 8mm marine park, mid-century dolphin performance, home movie pool stunt, and 1950s animal entertainment may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Alabama 1958 travel footage, then broader 1950s marine park, pool performance, tourism, or trained-animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Alabama home-movie frame showing a dolphin performance pool, a white-uniformed trainer, railings, and a large dome-like structure behind the show area. — Trainer stands near the pool before or between dolphin stunts, with the dome framework visible behind the performance area.

1958 Alabama frame of the marine show setting, with a trainer near the pool and a curved wall beneath a dome-like background structure. — The show area holds on the poolside setting as the trainer remains near the dolphin performance space.

1958 Alabama home-movie view across a dolphin pool, with a white-uniformed trainer supervising near the platform and distant visitors or staff beyond the railings. — Water fills the foreground as the trainer supervises the poolside area during the dolphin show.

1958 Alabama frame capturing a dolphin mid-leap beside the pool platform, with a trainer and dome-like structure visible in the marine show setting. — A dolphin rises from the pool during a stunt while the trainer stands nearby at the performance area.

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