Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: Large Platter Lily Pads On A Lake With Smaller

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationHonolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Large Platter Lily Pads On A Lake With Smaller — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1977 showing a tranquil pond in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, filled with large, circular lily pads and smaller floating leaves. The water reflects lush green ferns and tropical foliage along the shoreline, with a soft, natural light filtering through the trees. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a warm, nostalgic quality characteristic of 1970s amateur recordings. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the serene stillness of the garden setting.

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: 121116555

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 1245 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: kodak show,blow hole,polynesian show,cementery,sunset beach,arizona memorial,sept 5-12
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: honolulu hawaii
Date: 1977 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: Honolulu Oahu, 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: 1970s Honolulu home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for tropical garden ponds, lily pads, and quiet Hawaii travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames show a 1977 8mm home-movie view of a landscaped pond, with era evidence carried mainly by the soft color response, grain, and amateur framing rather than by dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler pausing on a garden detail, holding on the pond surface rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include large circular platter lily pads, smaller floating leaves, dark reflective water, shoreline ferns, tropical greenery, and soft tree-filtered light.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, gentle exposure variation, and minor handheld softness that give the pond scene archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm cutaway, transition, memory beat, or establishing insert for Hawaii travel, botanical gardens, or reflective nature sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents a visitor-level view of ornamental water plants in Honolulu during the late 1970s without showing identifiable people, signage, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property considerations separately from likeness issues.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1977 Honolulu 8mm lily pond, Hawaii home movie water lilies, Super 8 tropical garden pond, and vintage Oahu botanical footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1977 Honolulu or Oahu garden footage, and finally with broader vintage Hawaii nature or pond plant material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing a reflective pond with clusters of lily pads, ferns near the water edge, and blurred tropical foliage. — Lily pads across a shaded garden pond.

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame with several large platter-like lily pads, smaller floating leaves, dark reflective water, and dense greenery around the pond. — Large platter lily pads in a tropical pond.

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing oversized circular lily pads in the foreground, smaller lily leaves across the pond, and tropical plants along the bank. — Oversized lily pads near the pond edge.

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing a shaded garden pond with many lily pads, blue-green reflections, ferns, and dense plants along the waterline. — Shaded lily pond with fern-lined edge.

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