California USA-1969: Unique Dandelion Shaped Fountain In City Park

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

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Unique Dandelion Shaped Fountain In City Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a unique dandelion-shaped fountain spraying water in a city park. The sequence transitions from daylight to night, showing the fountain's illuminated spray against a modern building with a grid facade. Trees and street lamps frame the scene, with visible film grain and slight color shifts characteristic of Super 8 footage. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century urban design and public landscaping in California.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123048313

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: 1960s California 8mm footage for edits needing a brief urban park fountain cutaway, public-space insert, or mid-century civic design detail.
Period detail: The modern grid-window building, slim street lamps, young landscaping, and sculptural spray fountain may show late-1960s urban public-space design.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the fountain from a visitor viewpoint, holding on the water display as a small sightseeing or travel-memory detail.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the dandelion-like fountain sprays, paved plaza edge, glassy grid facade, small trees, street lamps, shadows, and night illumination.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, high-contrast exposure, and contact-sheet framing that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, time-of-day transition, city-park insert, or memory beat between broader California travel scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a decorative civic landscape feature and nearby modern architecture without showing crowds, signage, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property permissions for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 California 8mm fountain footage, dandelion shaped fountain, urban park water feature, and mid-century city plaza.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then California 1969 urban scenes, then related fountains, parks, modern buildings, or public landscaping footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 California 8mm frame showing a dandelion-shaped fountain spraying water near trees and a modern grid-facade building. — Daytime view of the sculptural fountain with trees and a modern building behind it.

Daylight 8mm view of the fountain spraying beside a small tree, street lamp, and dark grid-window building in California. — The water spray forms a rounded, flower-like shape against the building facade.

Nighttime 1969 California frame showing the illuminated fountain below slim street lamps and a modern building facade. — The fountain appears illuminated at night, with lamps and building windows in the background.

Night 8mm frame of the dandelion-shaped fountain glowing in front of a small tree, street lamp, and grid-window building. — The fountain glows against the darker plaza and modern building at night.

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