Des Moines Iowa-1966: Three Women Embrace in Backyard Heart Shape

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationDes Moines, Iowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Des Moines Iowa

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Three Women Embrace in Backyard Heart Shape — Clip Details

DES MOINES IOWA-1966: Three women share a joyful moment in a sun-drenched backyard, their laughter captured on vintage 8mm film. A younger woman in a green and white polka-dot dress sits in a folding chair, flanked by two older women in patterned blouses. They embrace and smile, their hands playfully forming a heart shape. A classic 1960s sedan is parked in the background, adding to the nostalgic Americana feel. The footage, with its warm color palette and natural film grain, evokes a sense of familial love and summer memories from the mid-1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124749900

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: 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 1318 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1966-1969
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1966 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: Des Moines, Iowa, 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: Useful for 1960s Midwestern home-movie requests needing affectionate family or friendship interaction for documentary, museum, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The clothing, folding lawn chair, backyard setting, and parked 1960s-era sedan support the supplied 1966 Des Moines home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged backyard moment as three women lean together, smile, wave, and playfully hold their hands in a heart-like shape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult women, a folding chair, patterned dresses and blouses, a grassy yard, trees, daylight, and a parked sedan.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and handheld framing consistent with small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, family-love insert, backyard transition, or affectionate cutaway within a 1960s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects informal outdoor social filming in a residential Midwestern setting without making claims about identities or occasion.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are clear, and copyright status is separate from personal or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1966 Des Moines 8mm home movie, three women embracing, backyard family footage, and 1960s women smiling outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Des Moines or 1966 material, then broader themes of family affection and summer gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1966 Des Moines home-movie footage, two women smile in a grassy backyard as one waves beside a parked sedan. — Two women pose closely in a sunny backyard while a car sits behind them.

Three adult women in a Des Moines backyard smile and lean close together in 1966 home-movie footage. — Three women cluster around a lawn chair and smile toward the camera.

Three women in 1966 Des Moines footage lean together, wave, and smile in a bright backyard scene. — The group leans into the frame, smiling and waving in the yard.

Three women remain gathered around a chair in the Des Moines backyard, with hands close together in a playful pose. — The women hold a close pose around the chair as the film catches bright exposure.

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