Iowa USA-1959: Red Tulips Cultivated In Field

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

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Red Tulips Cultivated In Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant field of red tulips in full bloom, their bright petals contrasting with lush green stems. The flowers are neatly planted in rows, suggesting a cultivated garden or commercial display. In the background, suburban houses and a brick building are visible under a pale sky, with a few parked cars adding to the mid-century American setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a peaceful spring day. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1950s Americana and vintage gardening.

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: 124865610

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Iowa or Midwestern Americana edits needing cultivated spring flowers, suburban garden context, or calm home-movie cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show red tulips planted in rows with low houses, parked cars, and a brick building that support a mid-century suburban or small-town setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie camera lingering on a bright tulip field rather than staging an event or performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of red tulips, green leaves and stems, bare soil, low houses, a brick building, parked cars, pale sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and gentle handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a springtime insert, pastoral transition, regional establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The footage places cultivated flowers beside everyday residential or civic buildings, suggesting local display, garden, or nursery context without identifying the site.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but users should still assess copyright status and any property-related concerns from visible background buildings.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Iowa 8mm tulip field, red tulips home movie, 1950s flower garden footage, and Midwestern spring archival cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Iowa or 1959 exterior footage, then broader 1950s gardening, spring, and Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing red tulips growing in rows, with suburban houses, parked cars, and a brick building beyond the field. — Red tulips fill the foreground, with mid-century buildings visible beyond the field.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame of cultivated red tulips, with rows of flowers leading toward houses, cars, and a brick building in soft focus. — Cultivated tulips extend across the frame toward houses and parked cars.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing red tulips planted in neat rows, with a nearby house, lawn, and background structures under a pale sky. — Rows of tulips continue past a house and open lawn in the background.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame with red tulips and green stems across the foreground, backed by grass, houses, and distant structures. — A tulip field fills the foreground, with residential buildings beyond the grass.

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