New York USA-1938: Wildflowers and Foliage in Close-Up

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Wildflowers and Foliage in Close-Up — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from 1938 captures a close-up view of wildflowers and foliage in a natural setting. The grainy, high-contrast imagery shows daisies and other plants growing among grass and twigs, with a soft focus and natural lighting. The handheld camera moves slightly, revealing different angles of the vegetation, creating a quiet, nostalgic glimpse of nature. This archival clip offers authentic vintage film texture and a sense of time-capsule intimacy.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123039818

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 1921 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,rutledge,marble quary
Reel-level year note: 1938
Reel-level location note: elyria ohio,gordham new york
Date: 1938 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: New York, 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: Useful for 1930s New York nature cutaways, seasonal inserts, or quiet documentary transitions using authentic black-and-white 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show no built environment or dated objects, so the 1938 New York context rests on supplied metadata rather than visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The close, observational framing suggests an amateur home-movie camera studying small wildflowers and foliage rather than staging a scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include daisies, broad leaves, grass stems, tangled twigs, low ground cover, soft focus, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The clip has pronounced black-and-white grain, high contrast, uneven exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld drift characteristic of scanned 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, seasonal cutaway, memory beat, or visual pause between people or place footage from the same era.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of outdoor plant life in a home-movie record, without visible landmarks or social activity to identify a specific setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and source permissions should still be confirmed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 New York 8mm wildflowers, black-and-white home movie plants, vintage daisy footage, and 1930s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 New York material, and then with other vintage nature, garden, or seasonal foliage clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York 8mm frame showing a close view of broad leaves and grasses in dense ground foliage. — Broad leaves and grass fill the frame in a close outdoor view.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of low foliage, grass stems, and small pale blossoms in New York metadata context. — Low plants and small blossoms appear among grass and twigs.

Close black-and-white home-movie view of grass, leaves, and small wildflowers on the ground. — A handheld close-up studies tangled grass and low wildflowers.

1938 New York 8mm frame showing two daisy-like flowers surrounded by grass and leafy ground cover. — Two daisy-like blooms stand out against dark grass and foliage.

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