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Nassau Bahamas-1961: Sea Urchin Coral Rocks Ocean Floor Sea Floor

  • Year1961
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNassau, Bahamas
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1961 Nassau Bahamas
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Sea Urchin Coral Rocks Ocean Floor Sea Floor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious underwater scene from Nassau, Bahamas. The footage shows a murky, greenish-blue ocean floor with dark, amorphous shapes resembling sea urchins and coral formations. The image is grainy and slightly distorted, with floating particles and film artifacts visible, evoking a sense of deep-sea exploration. The camera appears to drift slowly, revealing the textured seabed and scattered rocks. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of marine life and the ocean floor from a bygone era, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127583936

Rights & Clearance

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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label
trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note
1960-1961
Reel-level location note
florida,nassau
Date
1961 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Nassau, Bahamas Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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
Supports requests for early 1960s 8mm travel footage of underwater marine scenery in Nassau, useful as an archival cutaway for ocean, reef, tourism, or memory-based productions.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Nassau 8mm underwater view of a murky seafloor with dark coral or rock forms and visible film frame borders.
Murky underwater seafloor with dark reef-like forms near the frame edge.

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