Guaymas Mexico-1975: Pair Of Pelicans Swimming In Ocean On A Clear Sunny Day

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationGuaymas, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 Guaymas Mexico

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Pair Of Pelicans Swimming In Ocean On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal scene in Guaymas, Mexico. Two pelicans glide across the deep blue ocean, their dark silhouettes contrasting against the sunlit water. In the distance, a rocky island and arid mountains rise under a clear sky, with a bird in flight adding motion to the frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1970s family vacation feel. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about Mexican coastal life.

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: 125864492

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1005 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1975
Reel-level location note: Guaymas Mexico
Date: 1975 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Guaymas, Mexico Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s editorial requests for coastal Mexico wildlife, ocean travel atmosphere, or vintage home-movie inserts with pelicans on open water.
Period detail: The frames show an 8mm home-movie view with 1970s color rendition, distant arid shoreline, rocky landforms, and pelicans near the camera.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming from shore or a small boat while following nearby pelicans across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue ocean surface, two pelicans, distant rocky island shapes, low mountains, bright sky, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, blue-purple color shift, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and slight handheld movement as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm wildlife cutaway, coastal travel insert, transition beat, or memory cue within a 1970s Mexico sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a leisure-view coastal encounter with pelicans and arid shoreline scenery, without visible people, vessels, signage, or developed waterfront detail.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright licensing and any location or wildlife-use context should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1975 Guaymas Mexico pelicans, vintage 8mm ocean wildlife, 1970s Mexico coast home movie, and pelicans swimming in sea.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Guaymas coastal material, then broader vintage ocean wildlife or Mexico travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Guaymas home-movie frame showing pelicans on blue ocean water with a rocky island form and arid mountains beyond. — Pelicans move across sunlit coastal water with rocky landforms on the horizon.

1975 Guaymas coastal frame with pelicans on rippled ocean water and a faint shoreline near the top edge. — Pelicans remain low on the water as the camera looks across the blue sea.

1975 Guaymas 8mm frame showing two pelicans on open water, backed by rocky coastal forms and distant arid mountains. — Two pelicans cross the foreground water with the Guaymas coastline in the distance.

1975 Guaymas coastal home-movie frame with pelicans on blue water and muted rocky shoreline beyond. — Pelicans drift on the water near the end of the short coastal wildlife shot.

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