Hawaii USA-1959: Pineapple Field with Botanical Sign

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Hawaii

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Pineapple Field with Botanical Sign — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Hawaii in 1959 shows a field of pineapple plants with spiky green leaves and reddish flower stalks. A wooden sign labeled 'MICROCEPHALUS' stands prominently in the foreground, identifying the plant species. The scene captures a thriving agricultural display, likely at a botanical garden or research farm, with natural daylight and the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century home movie film. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into tropical agriculture and scientific plant cultivation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120981933

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1873 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: 1,March
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: hawaii
Date: 1959 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: Hawaii, 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: 1959 Hawaii home-movie footage suited to requests for tropical agriculture, pineapple cultivation displays, or mid-century botanical research cutaways.
Period detail: The hand-lettered wooden plant sign, color 8mm look, and metadata-supported 1959 Hawaii setting place the scene in a mid-century agricultural or botanical display context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor-level view on the labeled pineapple planting, preserving an observational record rather than a staged agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense pineapple leaves, reddish flower stalks, a wooden stake sign reading MICROCEPHALUS, soil below the plants, pale sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, rounded frame edges, and slight handheld steadiness typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short insert, research-farm cutaway, botanical label detail, or quiet transition within sequences on Hawaii agriculture or tropical plants.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a labeled pineapple planting in Hawaii, showing how plant varieties or specimens were presented to visitors or researchers in the late 1950s.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable plant sign and possible institutional setting should be checked for copyright, location, and property context separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1959 Hawaii pineapple field, 8mm botanical garden plant sign, tropical agriculture home movie, and microcephalus pineapple display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1959 Hawaii agricultural scenes, then broader pineapple fields, botanical displays, and tropical plant signage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Hawaii 8mm frame showing dense pineapple plants behind a wooden MICROCEPHALUS sign. — Wooden MICROCEPHALUS sign set before a pineapple planting.

1959 Hawaii home-movie still with a MICROCEPHALUS plant label standing in a pineapple field. — Labeled pineapple plants with the MICROCEPHALUS sign near center frame.

1959 Hawaii 8mm view of a wooden MICROCEPHALUS sign partly low in frame before pineapple plants. — The sign sits lower in frame as the camera holds on the pineapple display.

1959 Hawaii frame showing pineapple foliage and a readable wooden MICROCEPHALUS plant sign. — Final frame holds on the MICROCEPHALUS marker within the pineapple planting.

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