Puerto Rico-1966: Group Of Large Pelicans Swimming On Dark Blue Waters Of A Lake

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationPuerto Rico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Puerto Rico

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Group Of Large Pelicans Swimming On Dark Blue Waters Of... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a flock of large pelicans swimming across dark blue waters under a bright, sunny sky. The birds glide calmly through the rippling lake surface, their silhouettes standing out against the shimmering water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a distinct blue tint and soft focus characteristic of mid-century amateur recordings. A distant white bird appears in the background, adding depth to the tranquil wildlife scene. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s Americana footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical 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: 127729032

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 1085 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: winter, lake,ice fishing,46th anniversary,party,sailboat,puerto rico
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965-1966-1967-1968
Reel-level location note: puerto rico
Date: 1966 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: Puerto Rico 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: Supports requests for 1960s Puerto Rico wildlife or coastal-water atmosphere as a short documentary cutaway, nature insert, or travel-reel texture.
Period detail: The frames show only pelicans on open water, so the 1966 period context comes from the source metadata rather than visible clothing, vehicles, signs, or architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or local filmer pausing on wildlife, with no staged action or human direction visible.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several large pelicans, rippling dark blue water, a pale distant bird, bright surface glare, soft focus, and black frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries dense grain, blue color cast, soft exposure shifts, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm wildlife insert, water transition, Puerto Rico travel-reel cutaway, or quiet memory beat between human scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents pelicans moving through open water in Puerto Rico, offering environmental context without visible built landmarks or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1966 Puerto Rico 8mm pelicans, vintage home movie water birds, dark blue lake wildlife, and mid-century travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Puerto Rico 1966 material, then broader 1960s tropical wildlife or waterbird footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame showing pelicans clustered on dark blue water, with soft grain and a distant pale bird near the horizon. — Pelicans gather and glide across dark blue water.

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame with pelicans dispersed across a dark blue water surface, including a closer bird near the lower right. — Pelicans drift apart across the rippled water surface.

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame showing a tight group of pelicans near the bottom of the frame against shimmering blue water. — A closer cluster of pelicans floats near the camera.

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame with multiple pelicans grouped closely on dark blue water, seen through grainy home-movie exposure. — Grouped pelicans move together on the rippling water.

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