Illinois USA-1962: Hibiscus Flowers Blooming in a Garden

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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Hibiscus Flowers Blooming in a Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a lush garden scene with vibrant hibiscus flowers blooming among dense green foliage. The footage, likely filmed in Illinois, shows a natural, unscripted moment with bright pink and yellow blossoms standing out against the leafy background. The image has the characteristic grain, color saturation, and soft focus of Super 8 film, with subtle camera movement suggesting a handheld recording. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and the beauty of mid-century domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123714979

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 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1962 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: Illinois, 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 documentary or educational productions needing an authentic 8mm garden nature cutaway from early-1960s American domestic life.
Period detail: Warm Kodachrome-era color palette, visible 8mm frame borders, and lush postwar suburban garden plantings suggest mid-century American home life, circa 1962.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged handheld pan across a backyard flower bed captures casual domestic pride in seasonal blooms with no posed composition.
What appears in frame: Dense green foliage fills each frame; prominent pink and magenta blooms throughout; yellow flowers appear in the final frame; dappled sunlight and shadow across the garden bed; film frame borders visible.
Film character: Soft-focus edges, visible grain, warm color saturation, and gentle handheld drift are consistent with 1960s 8mm Kodachrome-era stock.
Edit role: Works as a seasonal nature cutaway, a quiet memory-montage insert, or a transition beat in mid-century domestic or garden life sequences.
Historical context: Backyard flower gardening was a common postwar American leisure pursuit; this close garden view reflects suburban domestic outdoor culture of the early 1960s.
Research note: No people, logos, or identifiable structures are visible; copyright vests in the original filmmaker and chain of title should be confirmed before commercial use.
Research search match: Likely to match researcher queries for 1960s American garden footage, vintage 8mm nature clips, mid-century backyard flowers, or home movie garden scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or Illinois 1962 collection, then with 1960s American garden or backyard footage, then with seasonal nature or domestic life montages.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close handheld view of a lush backyard garden with pink flowering plants and dense green leaves, shot on 8mm film, Illinois circa 1962. — Garden flower bed, Illinois, 1962.

Handheld 8mm shot of a dense garden with pink blooms and layered green leaves, slight pan visible, Illinois circa 1962. — Garden blooms mid-pan, Illinois, 1962.

8mm film frame showing a lush garden with pink blooms in the mid-ground and dense overlapping foliage, Illinois circa 1962. — Backyard garden foliage, Illinois, 1962.

Close 8mm view of a garden bed with pink and yellow blooms amid dense green foliage, slightly brighter toward the right of frame, Illinois circa 1962. — Pink and yellow blooms, Illinois garden, 1962.

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