Kauai Hawaii USA-1944: Two Types Of Flowers

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationKauai, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 Kauai Hawaii

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Two Types Of Flowers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures two distinct types of tropical orchids in vibrant detail. The first sequence features delicate pink and purple Cattleya orchids with ruffled petals against a dark, lush backdrop. The second sequence reveals a striking yellow and magenta Oncidium orchid with a fuzzy center, set among dense foliage. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, subtle color shifts, and a nostalgic, intimate quality characteristic of mid-century home movies. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of tropical flora from Kauai, Hawaii, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123138755

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 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: Kauai, Hawaii, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s Hawaii archive requests needing short home-movie color cutaways of tropical orchids for documentary, museum, education, or editorial nature sequences.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1940s amateur color 8mm filming, with close floral framing and dense garden foliage rather than identifiable built landmarks or dated public events.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet observational feel of a traveler or resident filming flowers at close range, valuing color, shape, and garden detail over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pink-purple ruffled orchids, a yellow and magenta orchid, dark tropical foliage, plant stems, broad leaves, and black frame edges from the scan.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, slight color shift, uneven exposure, and gentle handheld framing that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a floral insert, tropical location cutaway, memory beat, or transition between broader Hawaii travel or garden scenes.
Historical context: The visual context is botanical and domestic-travel oriented, showing tropical flowers in Kauai without visible people, signage, buildings, or public ceremony.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any garden or property permissions should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Kauai 8mm orchids, vintage Hawaii flowers, tropical garden home movie, Cattleya orchid footage, and yellow magenta orchid cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kauai 1944 material, then broader 1940s Hawaii travel, tropical garden, and archival flower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Pink-purple orchids fill the frame in 1944 Kauai 8mm home-movie footage, with dark foliage and visible scan borders. — Close view of pink-purple orchids filmed against a dark garden backdrop.

Two pink-purple orchids appear in a close 1944 Kauai 8mm frame, with dark garden foliage and a small pale flower at right. — Two ruffled orchids remain centered as the camera holds on the garden flowers.

A close 1944 Kauai 8mm view shows pink-purple orchids with ruffled petals, soft grain, and shadowed tropical foliage. — The camera lingers on the pink-purple orchids, emphasizing their ruffled petals.

A yellow and magenta tropical orchid-like flower appears in Kauai 1944 8mm footage, framed by dense dark leaves. — A yellow and magenta flower appears among dense tropical foliage.

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