California-1962: Dolphins Jumping Into Air And Diving Under Water In Show Pool

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Dolphins Jumping Into Air And Diving Under Water In Show... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic aquatic performance at a show pool in California. The footage shows dolphins leaping into the air and diving beneath the water's surface, their sleek bodies glinting under bright lights. The scene unfolds with dynamic motion, featuring splashing waves and shimmering reflections on the water. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic nostalgia, with a dark border framing the action. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of mid-century marine entertainment, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127471695

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s California archive requests for marine show pool footage, especially editorial inserts about mid-century animal performance or leisure entertainment.
Period detail: The footage may show a lit outdoor aquatic performance pool, with 8mm color exposure and dark frame edges consistent with visitor-shot 1960s home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels like a spectator filming from the stands, reacting to water movement and splashes rather than staging a formal record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark film borders, blue pool water, surface ripples, bright splash highlights, a distant dark horizon line, and underexposed empty frame area.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, blue-shifted color, high contrast, gate edges, and uneven exposure that give the pool surface a tactile archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, transition, or memory beat for marine parks, animal shows, California travel, or 1960s family leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects public spectatorship around trained marine animal performance, though the specific venue and event are not identified in the frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible here, but copyright, venue rights, and animal-performance context may still need review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 California 8mm dolphin show, vintage marine park pool, home movie aquatic performance, and 1960s animal entertainment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1962 material, then broader 1960s marine show or zoo entertainment footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 California 8mm frame showing rippled blue show-pool water bordered by dark film edges, with no people visible. — Rippling show-pool water seen through a dark-edged 8mm frame.

A blue-lit show pool surface in California footage, with bright water glare and heavy dark borders from the 8mm frame. — Bright splash light breaks across the pool surface.

A visitor-shot 8mm view of shimmering show-pool water, with strong blue exposure and dark framing around the scene. — Shimmering water fills the lower part of the home-movie frame.

Underexposed final frame from the 1962 California pool clip, with the right side largely dark and minimal visible water detail. — The frame falls into darkness at the end of the brief pool shot.

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