California USA-1969: Dandelion-Shaped Fountains In City Square

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 California

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Dandelion-Shaped Fountains In City Square — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a striking dandelion-shaped fountain in a city square. The clip opens with a close-up of the water spray, then pulls back to reveal the full fountain surrounded by trees and mid-century modern buildings under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a view framed by a dark architectural element, evoking a nostalgic, retro atmosphere of a California urban landscape.

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: 123048306

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 1343 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #9,easter,grandma granpa visit,spring rainbow,opening day,little league,baseball
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: clarendon hills, illinois, woodland hills, california
Date: 1969 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: California, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Archival 1969 California city-square fountain footage for documentary inserts about late-1960s urban design, public plazas, or everyday civic spaces.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century modern plaza architecture, low benches, sparse planting, and sculptural fountain design consistent with late-1960s public-space footage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers from a close water detail to wider plaza views, giving the clip a visitor-shot record of an eye-catching urban fountain rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dandelion-shaped fountain spray, shallow reflecting pool, plaza paving, benches, trees, dark building edges, and a clear blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated blue color, visible grain, slight softness, and dark edge framing that give the short shot a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, location-establishing insert, urban design transition, or memory beat within a California or 1960s city sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for a public urban plaza with sculptural water features and modernist surroundings, without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or location permissions for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 California 8mm fountain, vintage city square water feature, mid-century urban plaza, and home movie reflecting pool.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1969 California urban exteriors, and then with fountains, plazas, civic architecture, or public-space footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1969 8mm view of a fountain jet or water spray in a California urban plaza, framed by dark architectural shadow. — Close-up of the fountain spray at the start of the clip.

Wide 1969 California plaza view with a sculptural fountain, trees, benches, and modern building edges under a clear sky. — The fountain appears in a wider city-square view with trees and benches.

1969 California home-movie view of a public fountain and plaza, with trees and benches framed by a dark vertical structure. — A darker architectural edge frames the fountain and surrounding plaza.

Late-1960s California plaza view showing a dandelion-shaped fountain beside a small tree, with dark buildings at the edges. — The final frame holds on the fountain, small tree, and surrounding modern plaza.

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