New York USA-1941: A Golden Fish Swims in a Lake, Then a Blooming Park Scene

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1941
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1941 New York

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A Golden Fish Swims in a Lake, Then a Blooming Park Scene — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1941 captures a large golden fish swimming in a lake, its vibrant orange body gliding through the water. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the fish moving horizontally across the frame with a soft, dreamlike blur. The scene transitions to a park setting with a blooming tree and lush green grass, suggesting a peaceful outdoor environment. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1940s home movie offers a rare glimpse of nature and leisure from the era, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123127364

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1941 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1941 New York 8mm nature and park cutaway footage for documentaries needing quiet outdoor leisure, pond life, or seasonal memory material.
Period detail: The frames show soft color 8mm imagery of a golden fish and a landscaped green park, with period clues coming mainly from the 1941 home-movie format and metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal home-movie gaze, moving from a close fish view to a calm park scene as a personal record of an outdoor visit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a golden fish in water, blooming trees, green lawn, shrubs, a stone or dark shoreline edge, reflections, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, saturated color, exposure variation, gate edges, and gentle blur that read as physical-film texture from an amateur camera.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, seasonal transition, pond-life cutaway, or brief memory beat between broader New York or family-reel scenes.
Historical context: The footage suggests everyday outdoor recreation and attention to landscaped nature, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific park or public site.
Research note: People are flagged as visible at clip level, so likeness review may be needed even though no faces are clear here; copyright and location/property issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1941 New York 8mm home movie fish in pond, blooming park scene, vintage garden footage, and 1940s outdoor nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1941 New York clips, then related pond, garden, park, spring blossom, or home-movie nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 New York 8mm frame showing a soft orange-gold fish form gliding through dark water with visible film edges and dust. — A golden fish appears as a soft orange shape in the water at the start of the clip.

1941 New York 8mm frame of a landscaped park area with a pale blooming tree, green grass, shrubs, water, and dark film borders. — A blooming tree stands on a green lawn beside the water in a park setting.

Soft 1941 New York 8mm view of a blooming tree across water, with green lawn, shrubs, and dense background foliage. — The camera holds on the blooming tree and lawn across the water.

1941 New York 8mm frame with a blurred flowering tree, green lawn, shrubs, foreground water, and dense park foliage. — The park view becomes softer as the flowering tree and lawn remain in frame.

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