California-1962: View Of Fishes Swimming Underwater By Yellow Coral And White Shells

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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View Of Fishes Swimming Underwater By Yellow Coral And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dimly lit aquarium scene with a warm, yellowish glow. The footage shows fish swimming among artificial coral and white shells, their movements slightly blurred by the film's grain and low-light conditions. The dark background emphasizes the glowing aquatic elements, creating a nostalgic, intimate view of a home aquarium. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s home movie footage with natural film texture and color shifts, ideal for documentaries, retro-themed projects, or historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127471594

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s California 8mm aquarium footage suited for documentary cutaways, period home-life sequences, or archival inserts about fishkeeping and indoor leisure.
Period detail: The frames show a small dim aquarium with artificial coral and shells, which may reflect a mid-century home or public display rather than a clearly identifiable place.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie camera lingering on fish and aquarium ornaments without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark aquarium water, small fish, yellow coral-like decoration, pale shells, greenish tank light, and heavy shadow around the display.
Film character: The 8mm image carries warm color shift, dense grain, low-light softness, and slight motion blur that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, transition, or memory beat for indoor leisure, aquarium visits, aquatic life, or nostalgic 1960s home-movie atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage documents an aquarium display as seen through a casual 1962 home-movie lens, with attention on decorative aquatic objects rather than identifiable location detail.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious brands are visible, but copyright, display ownership, and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 California aquarium 8mm footage, vintage home movie fish tank, Super 8 underwater display, and 1960s fish and shells cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel aquarium footage, then other 1962 California home-movie material, then broader vintage fish, shells, coral, or indoor animal-display clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 California 8mm frame showing a dim aquarium with yellow coral-like decoration, fish, and pale shells in warm low light. — Fish and aquarium decorations appear in a dark, warmly tinted tank view.

1962 California 8mm frame of a low-lit aquarium, with a pale shell-like object, small fish, and shadowed decorative tank elements. — A pale shell-like ornament and fish are visible against a dark aquarium background.

1962 California 8mm frame showing fish near pale shells and coral-like aquarium decoration in a warm, grainy low-light tank view. — Fish pass near pale shells and artificial aquarium decoration in low light.

1962 California 8mm frame with small fish moving near pale shells and dim aquarium decor under a warm yellow-green cast. — Small fish move around pale shells in the shadowed aquarium scene.

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