California-1962: Three Trained Seals Passing A Ball During A Pool Performance

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

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Three Trained Seals Passing A Ball During A Pool Performance — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a marine animal performance at an aquarium in California. Three trained seals perform in a pool, passing a ball to each other while a trainer in a white uniform observes. One seal balances on a barrel, and a hoop is visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the authentic look of a mid-century home movie, evoking nostalgia for classic family entertainment.

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: 127471754

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Useful for 1960s editorial sequences needing California aquarium entertainment, trained seal performance, or mid-century family attraction footage.
Period detail: The white-uniformed trainer, poolside hoops, barrel props, and faded 8mm color may show a 1962 marine animal show setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from above the pool, watching the act unfold with casual framing rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three seals, a small ball, a trainer in white, a pool, a barrel, hoop apparatus, poolside blocks, and concrete decking.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, gate shadows, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century leisure, animal shows, or aquarium visits.
Historical context: The scene reflects family-oriented marine entertainment visible in early-1960s home movies, while the exact venue is not identified in the frames.
Research note: A trainer is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from people or venue rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm California aquarium footage, trained seals passing ball, vintage marine animal show, and home movie pool performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 California aquarium material, then broader vintage trained animal performance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 California 8mm frame showing a white-uniformed trainer beside a pool while seals perform near a barrel, hoops, and a ball. — A trainer watches seals in the pool during a marine animal performance.

1962 California home-movie frame of seals passing or chasing a ball in a performance pool as the trainer observes from the deck. — Seals move through the pool with the ball during the act.

1962 California 8mm frame showing a seal posed on a barrel as a white-uniformed trainer gestures near poolside hoops. — The trainer gestures toward a seal seated on a barrel prop.

1962 California home-movie frame with seals near the pool edge and a small ball floating in blue-green water during the show. — The ball floats in the pool as seals surface near the edge.

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