California-1961: View Of Sea Lions Swimming In Ocean On A Clear Sunny Day

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

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View Of Sea Lions Swimming In Ocean On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal view from a moving vessel. The footage shows a distant shoreline with buildings and hills, viewed across calm blue water under a clear sky. A small boat floats on the water, and several sea lions swim in the ocean, their dark forms visible against the waves. The image has the characteristic grain, soft focus, and color shifts of Super 8 film, with a warm orange tint in some frames suggesting late afternoon light. The perspective suggests a view from a ferry or boat, with the camera panning across the scene. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127409031

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: 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

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 1960s California coastal archive requests needing short home-movie views of ocean water, distant shoreline, and marine wildlife from a boat perspective.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, distant low shoreline buildings, and metadata-supported 1961 California setting may show a midcentury recreational coastal outing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, with a handheld camera looking from a moving vessel toward open water and shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surface, distant hillside shoreline, low buildings, clear sky, film gate edges, and small dark sea lion shapes in the water.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure shifts, warm color drift, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief coastal insert, wildlife cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat within a California or maritime sequence.
Historical context: The view reflects recreational observation of a California shoreline from the water, without enough visible detail to identify a specific harbor or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 California 8mm ocean footage, sea lions swimming home movie, coastal shoreline from boat, and vintage marine wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1961 California coastal footage, and then broader vintage ocean, boat, and sea lion material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 California 8mm view of blue water with a soft distant shoreline and buildings beyond the waves. — Distant coastal buildings and hillside across open water.

Soft 8mm frame showing California coastal water with a hazy shoreline and hills in the distance. — Hazy shoreline viewed across calm coastal water.

1961 home-movie frame with textured blue ocean water and a blurred coastal horizon in the background. — Rippling ocean surface beneath a soft shoreline horizon.

Warm-tinted 8mm frame with several dark sea lion forms visible in the California coastal water. — Sea lions surface in the water, with warm color drift in the frame.

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