Baltimore Maryland USA-1943: A Fairyland Sherwood Gardens Scenic Flower Bushes

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1942 Baltimore Maryland

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A Fairyland Sherwood Gardens Scenic Flower Bushes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures the vibrant beauty of Sherwood Gardens in Baltimore, Maryland. The footage showcases lush green lawns, dense evergreen shrubs, and striking clusters of blooming red and pink azaleas under a bright blue sky. The classic Super 8 film grain and natural color palette evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgic garden life. A handwritten title card confirms the location as 'Fairyland Sherwood Gardens Baltimore,' offering authentic archival footage of a historic public garden. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic projects.

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: 123131439

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 1719 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1942-1943
Reel-level location note: washington dc,baltimore
Date: 1943 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: Baltimore, Maryland, 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: 1940s 8mm home-movie garden footage for editors needing a brief Baltimore scenic cutaway, spring color insert, or mid-century leisure landscape beat.
Period detail: The saturated color 8mm look, clipped highlights, and formal flower beds support the 1943 home-movie context, though no clothing, vehicles, or signage appear in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on planted shrubs and lawn without staged action or people, preserving a personal record of a public garden visit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and pink flowering shrubs, pale blossoms, green lawn, evergreen plantings, distant trees, sloped garden ground, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, strong daylight exposure, gate edges, and occasional bright circular flare or damage that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use this as a short scenic insert, memory transition, location establishing detail, or quiet cutaway between narration about gardens, Baltimore, or domestic travel in the 1940s.
Historical context: The frames document landscaped public-garden scenery as seen through a mid-century amateur camera, emphasizing ornamental plantings rather than civic landmarks or visitors.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still evaluate copyright, location/property considerations, and any broader project clearance needs.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s 8mm Baltimore garden footage, Sherwood Gardens flowers, vintage home movie azaleas, and mid-century public garden scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same Sherwood Gardens visit, then other 1943 Baltimore material, then broader 1940s garden, flower, and spring landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Baltimore garden footage showing red flowering shrubs, pale blooms, lawn, and evergreens in soft 8mm color. — Red and pale flowers stand out against green lawn and shrubs at Sherwood Gardens.

Sherwood Gardens view with red and pink shrubs on a grassy slope, framed by trees and soft 8mm exposure. — Flowering shrubs line a sunny garden slope with dark upright plantings beyond.

Vintage 8mm frame of Sherwood Gardens flowers, with red shrubs, pink blossoms, pale blooms, and lawn. — The camera moves closer to clustered red and pink flowers in the garden bed.

1943 Sherwood Gardens scene with red and pink shrubs partly obscured by bright circular flare or film damage. — Bright circular artifacts overlay a sunny view of flowering shrubs and lawn.

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