Iowa USA-1959: A Field Of Tulips

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

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A Field Of Tulips — Clip Details

A vibrant field of red and pink tulips sways gently in the breeze on a sunny day in Iowa, captured on 8mm film in 1959. The footage shows rows of blooming flowers with green foliage, set against a suburban backdrop with houses and utility poles visible in the distance. The warm, slightly faded color palette and natural film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American home movie aesthetic. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful view of a springtime garden.

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: 124865621

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: Supports 1950s Iowa or Midwestern spring-garden sequences needing quiet 8mm floral cutaway footage for documentary, educational, or memory-led edits.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century suburban edge, with tulip rows, modest houses, utility poles, and roadside signs visible beyond the flower bed.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a simple visitor or family-film view of blooming tulips, valuing the ordinary seasonal scene rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and pink tulips, green leaves, bare soil rows, distant houses, utility poles, traffic signs, and bright spring sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and steady handheld framing that give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a springtime insert, location-establishing cutaway, gentle transition, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage places cultivated flowers within a small-scale residential or roadside landscape, suggesting everyday mid-century leisure and local display gardening.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright and any location/property questions still need separate review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Iowa tulip field, 1950s 8mm spring flowers, Midwestern home movie garden, or vintage tulip rows.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Iowa exteriors, then broader 1950s spring garden or flower-field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing red tulips in rows, bare soil, green leaves, and a suburban background beyond the field. — Red tulips fill the foreground with houses and utility poles in the distance.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame of pink tulips in bloom, with roadside signs, utility poles, and low buildings beyond the flower bed. — Pink tulips stand in rows near a suburban roadside background.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame looking across pink tulip rows, green stems, exposed soil, and a lightly built suburban backdrop. — Rows of pink tulips extend across the frame under bright daylight.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing dense pink tulips, green foliage, bare soil, and a distant roadside sign near buildings. — A dense patch of pink tulips fills the field with roadside details beyond.

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