Sacramento California USA-1969: Fountain with Cascading Water

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

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Fountain with Cascading Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of a dark, sculptural fountain structure in Sacramento, California. Water cascades down its sides in streams and splashes, creating a dynamic motion against a backdrop of green grass and a bright blue sky. The camera pans upward, revealing the fountain's tiered design and the play of light on the wet surfaces. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched summer day.

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: 123048646

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: 1969 8mm Sacramento footage suited for an archival cutaway of a public fountain, water feature, or sunny outdoor civic setting.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1960s color home-movie texture, with no visible people, vehicles, signage, or dated fashion cues beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering close to the fountain as the handheld camera follows water moving over the dark sculptural form.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark tiered fountain, falling water, a pool edge, green grass, blue sky, wet reflective surfaces, and deep film-frame shadows.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, saturated outdoor color, soft focus, handheld framing, and high-contrast exposure around glossy wet metal or stone.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for Sacramento travel, summer memory, or urban water-feature sequences.
Historical context: The footage gives a small visual record of a landscaped outdoor fountain area in Sacramento without identifying the exact site or making broader civic claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location ownership, and property-release needs should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sacramento 8mm fountain, vintage California water feature, home movie pool tower, and Super 8 outdoor fountain cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Sacramento material, then broader California fountains, pools, parks, or summer travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame showing a close view of a dark fountain with water streaming down near a pool and lawn. — Water falls from a dark sculptural fountain beside a pool and green lawn.

A close 1969 Sacramento home-movie view of water spilling over a dark tiered fountain against grass and sky. — Water pours over the side of the dark fountain as the camera moves upward.

1969 Sacramento 8mm footage frame with the fountain filling most of the view as water runs over its dark surfaces. — The handheld view stays close on the fountain while water streams across it.

Final 1969 Sacramento frame showing the upper portion of the dark fountain tower with water dripping against a bright sky. — The upward pan reaches the upper fountain form with water still dripping from the structure.

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