Iowa USA-1959: Red and Yellow Tulips in Garden

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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Red and Yellow Tulips in Garden — Clip Details

A vibrant 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a sun-drenched garden in Iowa, USA, featuring rows of bright yellow tulips in the foreground and a field of red tulips in the background. The footage, shot on vintage Super 8 film, shows a classic suburban setting with a paved road, passing cars, and pedestrians in period clothing. The warm, slightly faded color palette and natural film grain evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgic memory.

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: 124865585

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 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1959 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: 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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Topics & Keywords

garden
flower
nature
flowers
red
yellow
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iowa USA
1959
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vintage 8mm film
Super 8 home movie
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suburban America
mid-century
period cars
pedestrians
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archival footage
nostalgic memory
classic Americana
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1950s
1960s
vintage color film
retro footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American home-movie requests needing suburban garden, tulip, springtime, or mid-century color cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1950s suburban street details, including parked cars, low buildings, lawns, and pedestrians seen beyond flower beds.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a casual visitor or family-garden viewpoint, lingering on rows of tulips rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow tulips, red tulip beds, grass, a paved street, parked cars, low buildings, and distant pedestrians.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and exposure shifts consistent with home-movie reversal film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a springtime insert, neighborhood transition, floral cutaway, or memory beat within mid-century domestic footage.
Historical context: The clip places ornamental tulip beds within an everyday Iowa suburban setting, connecting private leisure filming with public street life.
Research note: People appear distant and not individually identifiable, but likeness review may still be needed; copyright and property permissions remain separate checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Iowa 8mm tulip garden footage, 1950s suburban flowers, vintage home movie spring garden, and mid-century Americana cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Iowa scenes, then related home-movie garden or spring flower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing yellow tulips in a garden bed beside grass, a paved street, and distant parked cars. — Yellow tulips line a sunny garden bed near a suburban street.

1959 Iowa frame with yellow tulips in the foreground and a suburban street scene with cars and a distant pedestrian behind them. — Yellow tulips fill the foreground as street activity appears beyond the garden.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing a bed of red tulips with low suburban buildings, parked cars, and distant pedestrians behind it. — A red tulip bed stretches across the frame with buildings and cars beyond.

1959 Iowa frame of red tulips in bloom, with a suburban street edge, cars, low buildings, and distant people in the background. — Red tulips dominate the view while a suburban street scene sits in the distance.

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