Alabama-1958: Dolphin Performing in Pool with Trainer

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

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Dolphin Performing in Pool with Trainer — Clip Details

ALABAMA-1958: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a dolphin performing in a pool, leaping through a hoop and swimming on command. A trainer in a white uniform directs the animal from the poolside, with a chain-link fence in the foreground and palm trees in the background. The footage shows the characteristic grain, color fading, and slight instability of 1950s Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic look at mid-century marine animal shows.

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: 125504501

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 needing marine animal show footage, leisure entertainment inserts, or mid-century Alabama travel and recreation context.
Period detail: The poolside trainer in a white uniform, simple hoop apparatus, chain-link barrier, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century marine attraction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, watching the dolphin act from behind a fence rather than from a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin pool, trainer in white, performance hoop, pool edge, chain-link fence, shaded structure, palm trees, and rippling water.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, faded blue-green color, exposure variation, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century tourism, family travel, animal shows, or recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a public marine-animal performance environment, with a trainer directing dolphins for spectators from the poolside.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, performer likeness, venue permissions, and animal-performance context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Alabama 8mm dolphin show, vintage marine park trainer, mid-century animal performance, and home movie pool attraction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel scenes, then Alabama 1958 recreation footage, then broader 1950s marine show or roadside attraction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Alabama 8mm frame showing a dolphin jumping near a hoop at a poolside marine performance area. — A dolphin rises from the pool near the performance hoop and platform.

A trainer in a white uniform stands at poolside as a dolphin swims in a 1958 Alabama marine show scene. — The trainer watches from the platform while the dolphin moves through the pool.

Two dolphins surface near the pool edge while the white-uniformed trainer directs the act in Alabama home-movie footage. — Two dolphins surface close to the platform as the trainer gives a cue.

The trainer raises an arm above the pool while dolphins surface below in a faded 1958 Alabama 8mm frame. — The trainer signals from the poolside as the dolphins gather near the wall.

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