Florida USA-1975: McKee Jungle Gardens Swamp Pond With Lily Pads And Tropical Greenery

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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McKee Jungle Gardens Swamp Pond With Lily Pads And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures the serene beauty of a Florida swamp garden. The footage opens with a white arched sign reading 'McKee Jungle Gardens' surrounded by lush tropical foliage. The camera pans across a tranquil pond dotted with lily pads and vibrant pink water lilies, reflecting the dense greenery and tall palm trees. The natural, unfiltered quality of the Super 8 film showcases rich colors and subtle film grain, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched atmosphere of a classic American vacation.

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: 123269084

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: Yes
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: 1975 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: Florida, 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: Useful for 1970s Florida travel, garden attraction, or nature cutaways needing real 8mm home-movie footage of a tropical pond landscape.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm frame texture, and visitor view support the 1975 home-movie period noted in the metadata, though the visible pond itself is timeless.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on lily pads, water lilies, palms, and reflections rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a still pond, lily pads, pink water lilies, clipped banks, palms, dense tropical foliage, reflections, and sunlit grass.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm look with visible grain, slight exposure variation, deep greens, and a handheld vacation-film feel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet insert, location-establishing cutaway, travel transition, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-1970s leisure travel to a Florida tropical garden attraction, based on the supplied McKee Jungle Gardens metadata.
Research note: No people are visible, but the supplied rights flags note a brand or sign elsewhere in the clip, so trademark and location-identification review may be needed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1975 Florida 8mm garden pond, McKee Jungle Gardens home movie, tropical lily pad pond, and vintage Florida vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1975 Florida or McKee Jungle Gardens clips, then broader tropical garden and vacation nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Florida home-movie frame showing a tropical garden pond with lily pads, palms, and shaded greenery reflected in the water. — A shaded tropical pond with lily pads and palms appears in soft 8mm color.

1975 Florida 8mm view of a tropical garden pond with lily pads, pink blooms, palms, and dark green reflections. — Lily pads and pink water lilies sit below a wall of tropical foliage.

Florida garden pond footage from 1975 showing lily pads, pink water lilies, palm trunks, and layered tropical planting. — The camera looks across a quiet pond toward palms and dense garden planting.

1975 Florida home-movie still of a wider tropical pond view with lily pads, pink water lilies, grass, palms, and garden foliage. — A wider view shows the lily pond, grassy edge, and surrounding tropical garden.

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