Burbank California-1961: Seal Swimming in Zoo Water

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Seal Swimming in Zoo Water — Clip Details

BURBANK CALIFORNIA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a seal swimming through murky green water, its sleek body gliding beneath the surface. The footage, shot from above, shows the animal's dark form moving with fluid grace, occasionally breaking the water with a splash. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic 1960s feel, with natural light reflecting off the ripples. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of marine life in a zoo or rehabilitation setting, showcasing the seal's natural swimming behavior.

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: 127403723

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: Burbank, California, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot zoo marine-animal footage from Burbank, California.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm grain, and handheld framing support an early-1960s home-movie look, while the setting appears to be a zoo or animal pool.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a casual visitor viewpoint from above the water as the seal swims past without staging or visible handler direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include murky green pool water, a dark seal surfacing, ripples, splashes, pool-edge shadows, and soft film gate borders.
Film character: The footage has warm faded color, visible grain, slight blur, and uneven exposure typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, animal-behavior insert, zoo memory beat, or transition within a broader 1960s family-travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century leisure filming of captive marine life, with the camera focused on the animal rather than visitors or facilities.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and any zoo-related property considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Burbank zoo seal, 8mm seal swimming, vintage zoo animal pool, and 1960s home movie marine life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Burbank 1961 zoo footage, then broader vintage zoo or marine-animal swimming material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Burbank 1961 8mm frame showing rippled green zoo pool water before the seal enters view. — R rippled pool surface fills the opening frame.

A seal surfaces in a murky green zoo pool in this Burbank 1961 home-movie frame. — The seal lifts its head above the water while moving across the pool.

The seal glides through the zoo pool, its head and back visible in faded 8mm color. — The animal moves laterally through the frame, leaving a low wake.

A close pass of the seal shows its dark body just below the rippled surface in the Burbank zoo pool. — The seal's body stretches through the lower frame as water distortion softens the view.

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