Sacramento California USA-1969: Starburst Fountains Spraying Water in Blue-Tinted 8mm Film

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

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Starburst Fountains Spraying Water in Blue-Tinted 8mm Film — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a surreal, dreamlike view of a public fountain in Sacramento, California. The footage, rendered in a cool blue-purple tint, shows two starburst-shaped water jets spraying in a misty arc against a dark building and tree line. The grainy, slightly overexposed quality and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, otherworldly atmosphere, characteristic of amateur Super 8 footage from the era. The scene feels quiet and contemplative, with water droplets catching the light in a hazy, atmospheric glow.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123048368

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Sacramento, 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: Useful for 1960s California public-space atmosphere, documentary cutaways, or archival mood inserts involving fountains, water features, and amateur 8mm city footage.
Period detail: The frames may show a late-1960s public fountain installation, with starburst spray forms, dark architectural edges, and planted trees visible in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot home-movie pause on a fountain, lingering on moving water and light rather than staged activity or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two starburst fountain heads, misting water arcs, dark building surfaces, tree branches, steps or low edges, blue-purple tint, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, blue-purple color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the water and mist a distinctly physical 8mm texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert within a sequence about Sacramento, public spaces, or vintage travel footage.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet urban water feature as seen through home-movie filming, emphasizing public design, leisure observation, and the visual mood of the period.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any property or location permissions separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Sacramento 8mm fountain, blue-tinted home movie water feature, vintage California public fountain, or starburst fountain footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Sacramento or 1969 California material, then broader vintage fountain, water, or public-space cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame showing two starburst fountain sprays through mist with dark architectural edges and blue-purple color shift. — Two starburst fountain heads spray misty water in a blue-tinted 8mm frame.

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame with starburst fountain sprays, hazy water mist, a dark building face, and tree shapes in the background. — Misty fountain sprays overlap a dark building and tree line.

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame showing fountain mist and starburst spray forms beneath tree branches, with soft focus and blue-purple tint. — Fountain mist fills the frame below overhanging tree branches.

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame of two starburst fountain sprays and bright mist, partly framed by tree canopy and a dark background structure. — Two fountain heads spray through bright mist under a dark tree canopy.

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