Illinois USA-1962: Two Women Walking Through a Garden with Red Poppies

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

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Two Women Walking Through a Garden with Red Poppies — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures two older women walking through a lush green garden in Illinois. The foreground features vibrant red poppies, while the women stroll away from the camera, one in a white top and dark pants, the other in a blue dress. The scene exudes a calm, nostalgic atmosphere with natural light and soft focus, characteristic of Super 8 home footage. The footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century American 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: 123719022

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves editorial and documentary requests for authentic early-1960s Midwestern American domestic life, particularly backyard garden sequences and quiet nostalgic mood pieces.
Period detail: Women's clothing — dark slacks on one figure, a printed dress on the other — and the informal garden setting are consistent with early-1960s American domestic life; no anachronistic elements are visible.
Home-movie behavior: The camera is placed low among the poppies to frame the two women departing into the garden — a composed yet intimate home-movie gesture capturing an unhurried domestic moment.
What appears in frame: Two older women walking away from camera, prominent red poppy blooms in foreground, wide green lawn, mature deciduous trees along the rear, soft fence line, overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows a cool teal color cast, moderate grain, and soft background focus characteristic of early-1960s home film stock, lending the footage a quiet, dreamlike texture.
Edit role: Works as a contemplative cutaway, memory-sequence insert, or act-break transition — the receding figures and foreground blooms create a natural fade-to-distance rhythm.
Historical context: Home flower and kitchen gardens were common features of Midwestern American domestic life in the early 1960s; poppy cultivation in private gardens was widespread and unremarkable.
Research note: Two adult women are visible from behind throughout — faces are not shown, reducing but not eliminating identification risk; standard talent review is recommended before broadcast use.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1960s backyard garden women,' 'vintage home movie garden Midwest,' 'mid-century American domestic outdoor,' or '8mm garden footage 1962.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Illinois 1962 footage from the same reel; then with Midwestern backyard and garden home movies from the early 1960s; then with nature and domesticity themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two older women walk away from camera through a green garden in Illinois, c.1962; red poppy blooms prominent in the foreground — Two women stroll through a summer garden with red poppies in the foreground, c.1962 Illinois

Two older women in a garden c.1962 Illinois — one in white top drifts right of frame, the other in blue dress continues away; red poppies foregrounded — The two women begin to separate paths through the garden, poppies in foreground, c.1962

One older woman in a blue dress walks through the garden alone, c.1962 Illinois; red poppies prominent in foreground, companion out of frame — A woman in a blue dress continues alone through the summer garden, c.1962

Two older women walk further into a green Illinois garden, c.1962; red poppy blooms fill the foreground as the figures recede into the background — Poppies fill the foreground as the two women recede into the garden, c.1962

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