Florida USA-1962: Park Of Baby Alligators

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Florida

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Park Of Baby Alligators — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a Florida wildlife park featuring several alligators resting on a concrete platform near a water enclosure. The footage shows the reptiles basking in the sun, with one alligator partially submerged. A chain-link fence encloses the exhibit, and a handwritten sign reads 'BABY ALLIGATORS INSIDE.. TAKE ONE HOME,' offering a humorous glimpse into mid-century animal attractions. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking strong nostalgia for 1960s Americana and retro zoo experiences.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 126998497

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 1332 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1961-1962
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1962 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: Florida, United States 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Florida wildlife-park, roadside-attraction, animal-exhibit, or home-movie cutaways in documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The chain-link enclosure, handwritten alligator sign, and visitor viewpoint support a mid-century Florida attraction setting consistent with the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a casual visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the animals and signage without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include resting alligators, a concrete platform, water, chain-link fencing, handwritten signs, enclosure posts, and a screened structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, blue-purple color shift, mild exposure variation, and visible film grain as period texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, cutaway, transition, or memory beat for Florida tourism, animal attractions, or retro roadside culture.
Historical context: The sign offering baby alligators to take home gives social context for mid-century wildlife attractions without proving a specific venue or policy.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and location or property permissions for their use.
Research search match: Searches may include 1962 Florida alligator park 8mm, baby alligators sign, vintage wildlife attraction, and home movie roadside zoo footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Florida travel scenes, then other 1962 Florida wildlife views, then broader alligator, zoo, and roadside-attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Florida home-movie frame showing several alligators on a concrete platform near a water enclosure. — Alligators rest together beside the water enclosure.

Handwritten baby-alligator sign mounted on a chain-link fence at a Florida wildlife attraction in 1962. — A fence sign reads, "Baby Alligators Inside... Take One Home."

Close 1962 Florida frame of a handwritten sign reading "Baby Alligators Inside... Take One Home" on chain-link fencing. — Close-up of the baby alligator sign on the enclosure fence.

1962 Florida home-movie frame showing a fenced animal enclosure and a small caution sign near a screened structure. — The camera turns toward another fenced section of the animal enclosure.

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