California USA-1952: Slow Pan Across A Pool Filled With Water And Foliage To A Woman Standing

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Slow Pan Across A Pool Filled With Water And Foliage To... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a slow pan across a tranquil park pond filled with lily pads and aquatic foliage. The scene unfolds in California, USA, with a woman in a light-colored suit briefly appearing in the foreground, standing near the water's edge. The footage features the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century Super 8 film, with a lush green landscape and park benches visible in the background. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and everyday life from the early 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123339684

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: 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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
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: California, 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: 1950s California home-movie footage suited to requests for quiet park scenery, ornamental ponds, and everyday leisure inserts in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The light suit, benches, manicured planting, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-century park design and visitor dress without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The camera slowly pans across the pond from a visitor's position, catching an unstaged woman near the water at the edge of the home-movie frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue pond water, lily pads, aquatic plants, a low wall, park benches, lawn, trees, and a woman in a light suit.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, deep color saturation, gate edges, and handheld pan movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature cutaway, a travel-memory insert, or a transition from landscape detail to a human presence.
Historical context: The clip visually places mid-century leisure within a maintained California park setting, with ornamental water planting and public seating in view.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, while no logos, minors, audible music, or clearly private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 California 8mm park pond, vintage home movie lily pads, woman by water, and mid-century garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other scenes from the same New Orleans to Pacific trip reel, then California 1952 footage, then broader vintage park, pond, and travel-memory material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a park pond with lily pads, aquatic foliage, benches, lawn, and trees in soft color. — The pan begins across a landscaped pond with lily pads, aquatic plants, and benches beyond the water.

1952 California 8mm view of dense pond foliage, lily pads, blue water, benches, and landscaped park grounds. — Aquatic foliage dominates the pond as the camera continues its slow pan across the park setting.

1952 California 8mm frame with pond plants, lily pads, benches, and part of a person entering at the left edge. — The pan holds on the pond plants and benches as a partial figure appears at the edge of the home-movie frame.

1952 California 8mm frame showing a woman in a light suit near a landscaped pond with plants, benches, and trees. — A woman stands near the pond in the foreground as the landscaped water and benches remain behind her.

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