Iran-1972: Large Fountain In The Center Of A Park In A Medium Sized Metropolis

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Large Fountain In The Center Of A Park In A Medium Sized... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched park in a medium-sized Iranian metropolis. A large, multi-jet fountain sprays water in the center of a landscaped garden, surrounded by colorful flower beds and bare-branched trees suggesting early spring. The background features mid-century modern high-rise buildings and a distinctive domed structure, with a few pedestrians strolling along the pathways. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of urban life and public space in 1970s Iran.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
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Duration: 5s
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Clip ID: 124331306

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1431 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: longwood gardnes,xmas
Reel-level year note: 1972-1977
Reel-level location note: iran,philadelphia
Date: 1972 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: Iran 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 1972 Iran urban park footage for documentary sequences needing public space, city landscaping, or everyday metropolitan atmosphere from the early 1970s.
Period detail: The clip may show 1970s urban design cues in its high-rise backdrop, broad roadway, formal flower beds, and large multi-jet fountain.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot feel, observing a civic fountain and pedestrians from across the road without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large fountain, paved paths, flower beds, bare-branched trees, a road, pedestrians, and mid-century high-rise buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, gate edges, handheld framing, and visible grain that place it clearly within home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, location transition, or quiet memory beat for 1970s Iranian city life and public gardens.
Historical context: The scene documents a landscaped public park within a built-up Iranian city, with pedestrians using the space around a prominent fountain.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from depicted-person review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 Iran 8mm city park footage, urban fountain home movie, Iranian public garden, and 1970s metropolitan street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Iran 1972 urban footage, then broader 1970s public-park or fountain scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Iran home-movie frame showing a city park fountain, landscaped beds, bare trees, and high-rise buildings across a road. — A fountain sprays in a landscaped urban park, framed from across the street with buildings in the background.

1972 Iran frame of a multi-jet fountain in a landscaped city park, with distant pedestrians and high-rises behind. — Pedestrians pass near the fountain while flower beds and tall buildings frame the park scene.

1972 Iran home-movie view of a fountain plaza with pedestrians, colorful planting beds, trees, and urban towers. — The camera centers on the fountain plaza, with visitors moving through the paths and city buildings behind.

1972 Iran frame showing a landscaped metropolitan park fountain, distant people, roadway, trees, and high-rise buildings. — A landscaped park fountain continues spraying as distant pedestrians and surrounding towers define the city setting.

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