Alabama-1958: Dolphin Playing Basketball With Trainer At Miami Seaquarium

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

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Dolphin Playing Basketball With Trainer At Miami Seaquarium — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a dolphin performing a basketball trick at the Miami Seaquarium. The dolphin leaps from the water, aiming a ball at a hoop while a trainer in a white uniform stands nearby. An orange scoreboard displays 'Corky' and 'Sparkle' with scores, indicating a playful competition. The footage shows classic Super 8 film grain, saturated colors, and a nostalgic, candid feel, offering authentic archival footage of marine animal entertainment from the late 1950s.

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: 125504517

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: Supports requests for late-1950s home-movie footage of marine animal entertainment, amusement venues, or staged dolphin performances for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The orange scoreboard, hoop apparatus, white-uniformed trainer, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1950s visitor view of a Miami Seaquarium dolphin show.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, watching from across the pool as the dolphin and trainer perform for an unseen audience.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dolphin pool, basketball hoop, orange scoreboard, ball, trainer in white, water splashes, and arched show-building details.
Film character: The footage carries saturated 8mm color, soft focus, gate edges, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for midcentury tourism, marine shows, or changing attitudes toward animal entertainment.
Historical context: The scene documents a public dolphin trick routine with a trainer and scoreboard, reflecting a staged leisure attraction rather than wild animal behavior.
Research note: People and venue signage are visible, so review copyright, venue, trademark, and any identifiable likeness issues separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s 8mm dolphin show, Miami Seaquarium home movie, marine animal basketball trick, and vintage aquarium performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Miami Seaquarium or 1958 visitor footage, then with broader midcentury animal-show material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 home-movie frame of a dolphin-show pool with an orange Corky and Sparkle scoreboard and basketball hoop at the Miami Seaquarium setting. — A dolphin-show pool is framed across the water, with the basketball hoop and scoreboard visible.

A trainer in a white uniform stands at the pool edge during the dolphin basketball routine, with the scoreboard and hoop behind. — The trainer stands near the hoop as dolphins surface in the show pool.

A dolphin leaps upright from the water during the basketball trick, with the orange scoreboard and hoop visible behind it. — The dolphin rises from the pool as the ball approaches the hoop area.

The dolphin remains upright in the pool beneath the basketball hoop, with scores visible on the orange Corky and Sparkle board. — The dolphin holds upright in the water after the basketball trick, framed below the scoreboard.

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