Tampa Florida USA-1960: Tropical Backyard With Palm Trees And Swimming Pool

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

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Tropical Backyard With Palm Trees And Swimming Pool — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched suburban backyard in Tampa, Florida. Lush palm trees sway in the breeze around a rectangular swimming pool and a single-story house with a tiled roof. The footage, marked by classic Super 8 color shifts and film grain, shows a tranquil tropical setting with vibrant green lawns and dense foliage. A covered boat dock appears in one frame, suggesting a waterfront property. The warm, slightly faded colors and casual camera movement evoke a nostalgic mid-century American lifestyle.

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: 123631687

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 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

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: Serves 1960s Florida lifestyle documentary or commercial requests needing a mid-century suburban backyard, tropical property, or Sun Belt prosperity establishing shot.
Period detail: The low-profile ranch-style house, rectangular outdoor pool, and warm yellow-shifted color palette are consistent with early-1960s Florida residential construction and 8mm film stock aging.
Home-movie behavior: The unhurried pan across backyard, pool, and dock suggests an owner recording a cherished property rather than documenting a specific event, giving it an unstaged personal quality.
What appears in frame: Rectangular swimming pool, single-story ranch house with tiled roof, tall coconut palms, manicured green lawn, covered boat dock or boathouse, dense tropical foliage, and pale subtropical sky.
Film character: Classic 8mm vignetting at frame edges, warm yellow-green color shift, soft focus, and gently underexposed shadows give the footage an authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Functions as a tropical-location establishing shot or nostalgic memory beat; the slow pan suits use as a transition into or out of a Florida lifestyle or mid-century Americana sequence.
Historical context: Private backyard pools and waterfront properties in postwar Florida reflect Sun Belt migration and suburban prosperity of the early 1960s; this type of personal footage is rarely held by institutional archives.
Research note: At least one figure appears visible in the footage; copyright likely resides with the original filmmaker's estate; as private residential footage, editorial or commercial use should be cleared with the rights holder.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1960s Florida home movie, vintage Tampa backyard footage, mid-century American swimming pool, or 8mm subtropical residential footage would find this clip relevant.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or seller; then with 1960s Tampa or Florida residential footage; then with mid-century American backyard, pool, or waterfront lifestyle material.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame, c.1960, Tampa, Florida: backyard swimming pool edged by green lawn, tall palms, and a ranch-style house with tiled roof. — Backyard pool and ranch house, Tampa, Florida, c.1960.

8mm home movie, c.1960, Tampa, Florida: large coconut palms fill the frame above a ranch house and pool area; small figures may be visible near the poolside. — Palm trees and pool area, Tampa, Florida, c.1960.

8mm home movie, c.1960, Tampa, Florida: panning shot across backyard showing palms, open lawn, and an outbuilding; pool furniture visible at lower left. — Backyard pan across palms and outbuilding, Tampa, Florida, c.1960.

8mm home movie, c.1960, Tampa, Florida: covered boat dock or boathouse with white roof, tropical vegetation, stucco house in background, small figure discernible near dock. — Covered boat dock and tropical garden, Tampa, Florida, c.1960.

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