Sacramento California USA-1969: Spiral Water Fountain Sculpture Splashing

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

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Spiral Water Fountain Sculpture Splashing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a close-up of a modernist spiral sculpture at a water fountain in Sacramento, California. The dark, metallic structure features a coiled, rose-like spiral with a central opening, set against a clear blue sky. Water splashes subtly from the fountain's basin, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow on the textured surface. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera movement, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American aesthetic. This archival clip offers a unique glimpse into public art and urban design from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123048678

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 8mm footage of a modernist Sacramento fountain sculpture can support documentary or museum edits about late-1960s public art, urban design, or civic spaces.
Period detail: The close framing may show a late-1960s modernist metal fountain element, with no visible signage, people, vehicles, or surrounding architecture to further identify the site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the sculpture's spiral form and shifting water reflections rather than staging a formal view of the fountain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark coiled sculpture, central opening, water sheen, basin edge, blue sky, hard shadows, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, slight color shift, uneven exposure, soft focus, and minor handheld movement that give the short view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, visual transition, or memory beat for public art, water features, Sacramento setting, or abstract urban detail.
Historical context: The clip documents how a home-movie camera recorded public sculpture as a civic visual detail, without enough context to identify the artist or exact site from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but sculpture copyright and any site permissions should be reviewed separately from likeness or trademark concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sacramento 8mm fountain sculpture, vintage home movie public art, spiral water fountain, and late-1960s urban design footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Sacramento 1969 exteriors, then broader clips of fountains, modernist sculpture, and public art details.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1969 Sacramento 8mm view of a dark coiled fountain sculpture with water shine and a blue sky background. — A tight view of the spiral fountain form, with reflective wet surfaces and sky behind it.

Close 8mm frame of the Sacramento fountain sculpture, with a translucent splash or water sheet visible beside the coiled metal form. — Water passes across the dark spiral sculpture, creating a layered reflection against the sky.

1969 Sacramento 8mm close-up of the coiled fountain sculpture, with basin edge, water movement, and vertical elements below the spiral. — The camera angle drops to show more of the fountain base and splashing water around the sculpture.

Close 8mm view of the Sacramento spiral fountain form from a low angle, with the dark basin edge and blue sky visible. — A low close-up emphasizes the sculpture's circular opening and heavy dark surface above the fountain basin.

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