Tampa Florida USA-1960: Decorative Fountain At The Entrance To A Large Complex

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

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Decorative Fountain At The Entrance To A Large Complex — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage footage captures a decorative fountain at the entrance to a large complex in Tampa, Florida. The fountain features a central statue and multiple water jets, set within a tiered basin. A wide, red-tiled pathway with steps leads toward the fountain, flanked by meticulously trimmed hedges and a modern building in the background. The scene exudes mid-century architectural elegance and suburban tranquility, with the film's characteristic grain and color palette enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 123630671

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: 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 (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: Tampa, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Florida documentary segments, civic or institutional history productions, or mid-century urban development stories needing exterior establishing shots.
Period detail: The grid-facade modernist building, rounded topiary hedges, and red-tiled stepped plaza suggest early 1960s institutional landscape design; film grain and color are consistent with 1960 8mm stock.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor recording an impressive civic or institutional entrance they found worth documenting, moving from fountain close-up to the wider courtyard setting.
What appears in frame: Tiered concrete fountain basin, white sculptural figure on central pedestal, green-tinted water, red-tiled stepped plaza, spherical clipped topiary hedges, modernist building with grid-window facade, and a round decorative urn in the basin.
Film character: Warm Kodachrome-era color renders the red tile a vivid pink-red; mild 8mm grain and slight exposure shift between close and wide framings give the footage its characteristic archival texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing insert or location cutaway for Tampa civic or institutional history sequences; the shift from fountain close-up to wide courtyard provides natural editorial movement.
Historical context: The modernist grid-windowed building and formal ornamental landscaping reflect mid-century American civic and commercial complex design, consistent with Florida's rapid postwar institutional growth.
Research note: No people visible; the building and grounds appear institutionally owned — property rights and potential architectural copyright should be verified before commercial licensing.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1960s Florida civic exterior, mid-century fountain footage, Tampa landmark, postwar American institutional architecture, or formal garden landscape will find this relevant.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Tampa 1960 reel material, then Florida mid-century civic exterior shots, or broader postwar American institutional landscape and public space sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm close-up of a decorative fountain with white figurine on pedestal and green-tinted tiered basin, entrance plaza, Tampa, Florida, circa 1960. — Decorative fountain close-up, Tampa entrance plaza, 1960.

8mm shot of a tiered ornamental fountain with round urn planter and white statue on pedestal, entrance plaza, Tampa, Florida, circa 1960. — Fountain basin with urn planter, Tampa entrance plaza, 1960.

8mm wide shot of a mid-century modernist complex entrance with spherical clipped topiaries, grid-windowed institutional building, and ornamental fountain, Tampa, Florida, circa 1960. — Complex entrance with topiaries and modernist building, Tampa, 1960.

8mm footage of a mid-century complex entrance plaza with rounded topiary hedges, light-colored institutional building facade, and ornamental fountain, Tampa, Florida, circa 1960. — Entrance plaza with fountain and topiaries, Tampa, 1960.

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