New York USA-1958: Hyacinths Blooming in a Garden

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Hyacinths Blooming in a Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of blooming hyacinths in a garden. The footage features vibrant purple, white, and pink flowers growing in rich soil, with green leaves and a wire fence visible in the background. The natural light highlights the delicate textures of the blossoms and the earthy garden setting, conveying a quiet, nostalgic moment of springtime beauty. The film's characteristic grain and soft focus enhance its authentic, archival quality.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123042680

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1958 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 1950s 8mm garden footage for productions needing a quiet spring nature cutaway, domestic memory beat, or archival floral insert from New York home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames show close garden views of hyacinths, soil, lawn, and wire fencing, with period clues limited to the 1958 8mm home-movie format and domestic outdoor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers close to blooming flowers from a casual home-garden perspective, valuing seasonal color and small household surroundings rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple, white, pink, and pale yellow hyacinths, green leaves, dark soil, grass, a wire fence, a post, and deep frame-edge shadows.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, mild exposure shifts, saturated spring color, and slight handheld framing around the flowers.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, garden cutaway, or reflective memory beat within 1950s domestic, seasonal, or nature sequences.
Historical context: The footage records ornamental flowers in a modest outdoor garden, offering visual context for mid-century home life without identifying a specific property or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 8mm hyacinths, New York home movie garden flowers, 1950s spring garden footage, and vintage floral close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 New York home-movie garden material, then broader vintage flower and spring nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New York 8mm frame showing purple and white hyacinths in a garden bed with soil, leaves, and a fence behind them. — Hyacinths bloom near soil and fencing in a close garden view.

1958 New York 8mm frame with pink, white, and pale yellow hyacinths growing near a wire fence, lawn, and garden post. — Blooming hyacinths stand beside a wire fence and patch of grass.

1958 New York 8mm frame showing a close cluster of hyacinths, green leaves, grass, soil, and a fence post in a home garden. — A tight garden view frames several hyacinths in bloom.

1958 New York 8mm frame showing pink and purple hyacinths with green leaves, grass, soil, and strong shadow in a garden. — Hyacinths appear in bright color against shadowed grass and soil.

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