California USA-1969: Three Spewing Water Fountains In A Park In Front Of A

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

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Three Spewing Water Fountains In A Park In Front Of A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures three spouting water fountains in a park at night. The fountains, shaped like dandelion seeds, spray water in circular patterns against a dark backdrop. A modern building with large windows and a tree are visible behind the illuminated fountains. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color characteristics, with a cool blue-white light reflecting off the water. The final frame shows a close-up of a building's corner, suggesting a city or suburban setting. This archival clip evokes mid-century Americana and urban design.

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: 123048323

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s California urban-park or civic-design requests needing brief nighttime 8mm fountain footage as an atmospheric cutaway.
Period detail: The illuminated spray fountains, glass-fronted building, and planted tree may show late-1960s public-space design in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the glowing fountains rather than staging people or action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three circular spray fountains, bright blue-white water, a dark modern building facade, window bands, a small tree, pavement, and heavy black frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, dark exposure, blue-white highlights, and slight handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nighttime city cutaway, transition, establishing insert, or quiet memory beat between urban exterior scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects an interest in decorative public water features and modern building backdrops without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 California 8mm fountain footage, vintage park fountains at night, modern building exterior, and illuminated water feature home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then California 1969 exteriors, then other vintage fountains, parks, and nighttime urban cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 California 8mm frame showing blue-white spray fountains at night with a dark modern building and tree behind them. — Illuminated circular fountains spray water in front of a dark building at night.

Nighttime 8mm view of three glowing circular fountains in California, framed by a dark building facade and a tree. — The fountains appear brighter and closer, with circular spray arms visible through the mist.

Close 1969 California frame of blue-white fountain spray at night, with a tree and dark modern building behind it. — A closer composition emphasizes the radial fountain pattern and glowing water mist.

End frame from the 1969 California 8mm clip, largely dark with limited visible building or fountain detail remaining. — The final extracted frame is mostly dark, suggesting the camera moved away or exposure dropped.

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