Iowa USA-1959: Red Tulips Swaying in Spring Breeze

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

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Red Tulips Swaying in Spring Breeze — Clip Details

A vibrant 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a sun-drenched field of red tulips swaying gently in a spring breeze. The flowers, in full bloom, fill the frame with rich reds and lush green foliage, their stems moving rhythmically in the wind. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, classic Americana feel. The scene is peaceful and picturesque, showcasing a moment of natural beauty from a bygone era.

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: 124865680

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: 1950s Iowa home-movie cutaway for productions needing quiet spring color, cultivated flowers, or rural Midwestern seasonal atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century home-garden or public planting, with red tulips, pale green leaves, bare soil rows, lawn, and young trees visible behind the bed.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close on the tulips as they move in the breeze, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie observation of spring rather than a formal garden study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red tulip blossoms, green stems and leaves, dark soil paths, a grass strip, small trees, sunlight, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, soft focus, modest exposure variation, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief seasonal insert, memory transition, rural-Americana cutaway, or visual pause between family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents ornamental spring planting in Iowa in 1959, showing domestic-scale color and landscape detail without visible people or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property concerns before reuse.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1959 Iowa 8mm tulips, red tulips in spring breeze, vintage home movie flower garden, and Midwestern spring garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Iowa 1959 outdoor scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie spring flowers or garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame of red tulips blooming in sunlight, with green leaves, dark soil rows, and a grassy background. — Red tulips stand in a sunny spring planting, with leaves and soil rows visible behind the front blossoms.

1959 Iowa home-movie view of red tulips and pale green foliage moving in a sunny planted bed. — A dense row of red tulips catches the light as the garden bed extends across the frame.

1959 Iowa 8mm close view of red tulips, green foliage, and a narrow soil path in a spring planting. — Tulips in the foreground frame a visible soil path running through the flower bed.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing a broad bed of red tulips, green leaves, lawn, and young trees beyond. — The view widens to show the tulip bed stretching across the foreground with lawn and trees behind it.

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