Florida USA-1952: Serene Lake Reflections and Pink Flowering Bushes

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Serene Lake Reflections and Pink Flowering Bushes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a serene Florida lakeside scene. The footage opens with a tranquil view of a calm lake reflecting surrounding pine trees and lush greenery, framed by the dark edges of a window or screen. The scene transitions to vibrant pink flowering bushes along the water's edge, their vivid color mirrored in the still surface. The soft focus and natural light evoke a nostalgic, peaceful mood, characteristic of mid-century amateur film. This archival clip offers authentic 1950s atmosphere for 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: 123331568

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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 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: Florida, 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: Supports requests for 1950s Florida home-movie nature footage for documentary inserts, reflective transitions, or period atmosphere without visible people.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century leisure or garden setting, with calm water, pine-like trees, and flowering shrubs recorded on 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet, unstaged home-movie gaze, lingering on lake reflections and garden color rather than an arranged event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, reflected trees, dark frame edges, shoreline greenery, pink flowering bushes, and soft garden foliage.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, gentle grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a tranquil cutaway, memory beat, nature transition, or establishing detail within a 1950s Florida sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a domestic travel or leisure viewpoint, emphasizing landscape and garden scenery rather than public landmarks or social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 Florida lake home movie, 8mm garden flowers, vintage water reflections, and 1950s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Florida material, then broader vintage lake, garden, and flowering-shrub footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame showing a still lake with tree reflections and dark framing along the sides. — A quiet lake surface reflects shoreline trees and greenery.

1952 Florida lakeside view with reflected trees, pale sky, and dark frame edges from the scanned 8mm source. — Tree reflections stretch across the still water near a wooded shoreline.

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a calm lake, dense greenery, and muted tree reflections in soft focus. — The lake remains still, mirroring trees and shaded vegetation.

1952 Florida garden shoreline with bright pink flowering bushes reflected in the dark water. — Pink flowering shrubs line the water's edge and reflect on the surface.

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