Iowa USA-1959: Small Windmill On Well Kept Grass And Flowers

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

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Small Windmill On Well Kept Grass And Flowers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a charming small windmill in a well-kept garden in Iowa. The windmill features a red and white tower with a white base, surrounded by vibrant green grass and blooming orange flowers. Leafy trees frame the scene under a bright blue sky, with a white house visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Americana. The camera remains steady, focusing on the picturesque rural setting.

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: 124865689

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 garden cutaway for productions needing a quiet rural Americana exterior without people or signage.
Period detail: The red-and-white ornamental windmill, clipped lawn, flower beds, and small outbuildings may show mid-century roadside or residential garden taste in Iowa.
Home-movie behavior: The steady visitor-shot framing values the windmill as a pleasant garden subject rather than staging an event or performance.
What appears in frame: A small red windmill with white trim stands on grass near orange flowers, leafy trees, pale buildings, and a bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild gate weave, and saturated garden color typical of physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief establishing insert, rural transition, nostalgic memory beat, or visual pause between family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The view reflects an interest in maintained lawns, decorative garden features, and roadside-style scenery in postwar American home movies.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Iowa 8mm windmill garden, mid-century home movie lawn flowers, and rural Americana cutaway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1959 Iowa exteriors, then with other home-movie garden, lawn, and rural Americana scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing a small red-and-white garden windmill beside grass, orange flowers, trees, and pale outbuildings. — Small decorative windmill standing in a maintained garden landscape.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame of a small windmill with white trim, set among grass, flower beds, trees, and background buildings. — Centered view of the ornamental windmill with trees and garden beds around it.

1959 Iowa 8mm view of the garden windmill, with its white base, red tower, trimmed lawn, flowers, and trees in soft film color. — The windmill remains framed from a steady home-movie viewpoint.

Soft 1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing the same small garden windmill in a landscaped outdoor setting with trees and flowers. — Slightly softer final view of the red-and-white windmill in the garden.

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