Puerto Rico-1966: Pelicans Swimming and Diving in Coastal Waters

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

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Pelicans Swimming and Diving in Coastal Waters — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a group of brown pelicans swimming and diving in the calm waters of Puerto Rico. The footage shows the birds gliding across the surface, some with wings partially spread, creating ripples in the blue-tinged water. The classic Super 8 aesthetic features natural film grain and a slightly faded color palette, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of 1960s wildlife footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127729044

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: 1960s Puerto Rico 8mm wildlife footage for documentary cutaways, coastal environment sequences, or archive-led travel and nature context.
Period detail: The frames show brown pelicans on open water with a blue-tinted home-movie look, while the 1966 Puerto Rico setting is supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the birds from a casual shoreline or boat-like vantage, preserving an unstaged home-movie glimpse of pelicans swimming and diving.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several pelicans, rippled coastal water, partially raised wings, dark reflections, soft focus, and edge shadows from the film frame or scan.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through visible grain, faded blue-purple color, uneven exposure, slight softness, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, coastal transition, environmental cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a Puerto Rico or 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for amateur 1960s filming of coastal wildlife, with attention on birds and water rather than built landmarks or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any wildlife or location-use requirements should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1966 Puerto Rico 8mm pelicans, brown pelicans swimming vintage home movie, and 1960s coastal wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent clips from the same reel, then other 1966 Puerto Rico footage, then broader 1960s Caribbean coastal wildlife or bird footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame showing several pelicans on rippled coastal water, one with wings partly raised. — Pelicans gather on blue-tinged coastal water as one bird lifts its wings.

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame of pelicans swimming across calm rippled water with soft exposure and dark frame edges. — Pelicans glide and cluster across the rippled surface.

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame showing pelicans floating near one another on blue coastal water. — A small group of pelicans rests close together on the water.

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame of pelicans on calm coastal water, including one bird dipping toward the surface. — Pelicans spread across the water as one dips low near the surface.

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