Sacramento California USA-1969: A Nail Arrangement Expands Into A Sunburst Design

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

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A Nail Arrangement Expands Into A Sunburst Design — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Sacramento, California, in 1969, showing a close-up of several nails arranged in a radial pattern on a light surface. The camera slowly pulls back, revealing the nails are attached to a central pole, forming a starburst or sunburst design. The footage has a distinct blue tint and visible film grain, characteristic of Super 8 film from the era. The composition suggests a homemade art project or a decorative object, captured with a handheld camera. The overall mood is nostalgic and curious, offering a glimpse into mid-century domestic life and creative expression.

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: 123048471

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s home-movie requests needing an abstract domestic art, craft, or decorative-object cutaway from Sacramento-area 8mm footage.
Period detail: The blue-tinted 8mm image and close handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie feel, while the object itself offers few date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of someone testing the camera on a small handmade or decorative object rather than staging a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale blue surface, radial nail heads, thin nail shafts, a central vertical pole, black frame edges, soft focus, and film grain.
Film character: The footage carries blue cast, grain, gate edges, slight softness, and uneven exposure that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an abstract insert, transitional sunburst motif, craft detail, or brief memory beat within a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show domestic creative expression or a decorative experiment, but the frames do not identify a maker, household, event, or exact setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright and object/property context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1969 Sacramento 8mm abstract object footage, home-movie nail sunburst, radial craft detail, or vintage decorative cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Sacramento 1969 material, then other 1960s home-movie craft, object, or abstract design clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame showing a soft close-up of nail heads and shafts crossing a pale blue surface. — Nails appear in close-up against a blue-tinted surface.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame from Sacramento in 1969 with nail shafts radiating into view over a light surface. — The radial nail pattern begins to read as a larger arrangement.

1969 Sacramento home-movie frame showing a central pole with nails radiating outward like a small sunburst. — A central pole and radiating nails become visible as the camera pulls back.

Wider 1969 Sacramento 8mm frame showing the nail arrangement as a sunburst form around a vertical pole. — The object resolves into a radial sunburst made from nails around a pole.

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