Sacramento California USA-1969: Water Spraying Out Of Metal Sprinkler System

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

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Water Spraying Out Of Metal Sprinkler System — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of a metal sprinkler system spraying water. The footage shows multiple dark metal pipes radiating outward from a central point, with water droplets and mist visible against a light blue-tinted background. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color distortion, and subtle scratches, giving it an authentic archival quality. The camera remains static, focusing on the mechanical motion of the sprinkler heads as they release streams of water. This clip evokes a sense of mid-century industrial functionality and domestic nostalgia, ideal for historical or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123048432

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1960s California 8mm material showing water, irrigation, sprinkler mechanics, or abstract domestic-industrial motion as documentary texture.
Period detail: The blue-tinted 8mm frames may show a mid-century metal sprinkler head or irrigation fixture, with no visible people, signage, buildings, or landmarks to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational quality of a home-movie close-up, lingering on an everyday object and the movement of water rather than a staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include radiating dark metal tubes, a central sprinkler hub, water spray, mist, blue background, black frame edges, and film grain.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, gate edges, and small scratches across the frame.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, tactile transition, environmental insert, or memory beat about water use, gardens, irrigation, or household infrastructure.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday water-spraying equipment in Sacramento-area home-movie footage from 1969, without visible evidence of a specific site or public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any collection-level restrictions before licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm sprinkler footage, Sacramento home movie water spray, vintage irrigation close-up, metal sprinkler pipes, and archival garden water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Sacramento 1969 exteriors, then broader 1960s home-movie water, garden, rain, or irrigation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sacramento 8mm close-up of a metal sprinkler pattern, with dark radial tubes, fine water spray, and blue film tint. — Radial sprinkler tubes and fine water spray fill the frame.

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame showing metal sprinkler tubes, dark end caps, and small water droplets against a blue-toned background. — Droplets catch light along the sprinkler tubes.

1969 Sacramento 8mm close-up of a central sprinkler hub, with thin radiating tubes and water spray softened by grain and blue color shift. — The sprinkler hub is visible with tubes radiating outward.

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame of a radial metal sprinkler head spraying water, with mist, dark tube ends, and visible black film borders. — Water sprays from a radial metal sprinkler head.

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