California-1962: View Of Seal On White Platform Near Water On A Clear Day

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

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View Of Seal On White Platform Near Water On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a seal resting on a white platform near the water's edge in California. The footage shows the seal in a relaxed pose, with a striped pole visible nearby, against a backdrop of calm, clear blue-green water. The grainy texture and soft color palette are characteristic of Super 8 film from the early 1960s, offering a nostalgic glimpse of coastal wildlife. The scene is peaceful, with gentle water movement and a quiet, observational tone.

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: 127471800

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: Useful for 1960s California home-movie requests needing a brief coastal wildlife cutaway or observational animal moment for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The footage shows 8mm-era color, soft exposure, and a simple waterfront platform setup that may show a visitor-filmed animal attraction or coastal viewing area in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal feel of a visitor pointing a home-movie camera toward a resting seal, with attention on the animal rather than a staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark seal, a white floating or dockside platform, striped curved railings, blue-green water, film gate edges, and slight contact-sheet frame overlap.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and dark frame borders that give the short animal view its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, transition, or memory beat for coastal travel, wildlife viewing, California leisure, or early-1960s home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual mid-century filming of an animal near water, but the frames do not identify a specific facility, landmark, or event beyond the supplied California context.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any facility-related property questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 California 8mm seal footage, vintage home movie coastal wildlife, seal on white platform near water, and midcentury animal attraction cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with California 1962 material, then with related coastal wildlife, waterfront leisure, or vintage animal-viewing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 California 8mm frame showing a seal partly visible on a white platform near calm blue-green water and a striped curved rail. — A seal rests partly in frame on a white platform beside calm water.

1962 California 8mm frame with a striped curved rail and part of a white platform visible near rippling blue-green water. — The platform rail remains visible as the seal slips mostly out of frame.

1962 California 8mm frame showing the corner of a white platform and striped curved rail against textured blue-green water. — A white platform corner and striped rail are framed against the water.

1962 California 8mm frame showing a dark seal resting on the edge of a white platform beside blue-green water. — The seal is visible again at the edge of the white platform.

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