Tampa Florida USA-1960: Beach Houses Surrounded By Palm Trees Ideal For Family

Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationTampa, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Tampa Florida

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Beach Houses Surrounded By Palm Trees Ideal For Family — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched suburban scene in Tampa, Florida. The footage features a white house surrounded by tall palm trees, with a classic mid-century design and a covered porch. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic 1960s vacation atmosphere. The camera moves slowly, revealing the tropical landscape and a glimpse of a red building with a white fence. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into American family life and tropical architecture of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123630397

Rights & Clearance

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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: florida,nassau
Date: 1960 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Tampa, Florida, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills a 1960s suburban Florida lifestyle brief; suits documentary cutaways, travel history segments, or mid-century Americana establishing sequences.
Period detail: Mid-century residential architecture — a low-profile white house with covered carport and manicured lawn — consistent with 1960s Florida suburban development patterns.
Home-movie behavior: A slow exploratory pan suggests a visitor or family member recording the tropical setting as a vacation keepsake, letting the scenery speak for itself without staging.
What appears in frame: Tall coconut palms, white single-story house, covered carport, trimmed green lawn, paved road, red-painted brick building, low white fence, and clear blue sky.
Film character: Warm, slightly faded color palette with visible 8mm grain and softened edges convey the authentic physical texture of a home movie reel from this era.
Edit role: Functions as an establishing cutaway or memory-beat insert in Florida history, mid-century suburbia, or American vacation lifestyle documentary sequences.
Historical context: Florida's postwar suburban expansion brought ranch-style homes and tropical landscaping to Tampa-area neighborhoods, a pattern visible in the manicured lots shown here.
Research note: No recognizable individuals visible; residential buildings appear throughout and may constitute private property — verify production use rights; a small red roadside sign in one frame may carry readable branding.
Research search match: Likely matches researcher queries such as '1960s Florida home movie,' 'mid-century suburban Tampa,' 'vintage palm tree neighborhood,' or '8mm postwar American vacation.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel; then with 1960s Florida or Tampa home-movie clips; then with mid-century suburban Americana or tropical vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dense coconut palms crowd the frame against clear blue sky in what appears to be a 1960s Florida residential neighborhood, shot on 8mm film. — Palm canopy, Tampa, Florida, circa 1960.

White mid-century Florida house with carport and palm trees lining a paved road, circa 1960, Tampa; a small red roadside sign appears in the mid-ground. — Residential street view with white house and palm trees, Tampa, circa 1960.

White mid-century ranch-style house with covered porch and green lawn surrounded by palm trees, appearing consistent with 1960s Tampa, Florida. — White ranch house and lawn with palm trees, Tampa, circa 1960.

Tropical palm fronds dominate the foreground with a red brick building and white fence visible behind, consistent with a 1960s Florida neighborhood, shot on 8mm. — Palm fronds and red brick building, Tampa, circa 1960.

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