Iowa USA-1959: Purple Clematis and Pink Roses Swaying in Breeze

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Purple Clematis and Pink Roses Swaying in Breeze — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures vibrant purple clematis flowers and soft pink roses swaying gently in a breeze. The footage, filmed in Iowa, USA, shows lush blooms against a backdrop of green foliage and a white lattice fence, with natural sunlight enhancing the rich colors. The handheld camera movement and slight blur convey a nostalgic, intimate feel, typical of personal family recordings from the era. This archival clip offers authentic 1950s Americana, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124867475

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Iowa home-movie garden footage for editors needing a quiet floral cutaway, seasonal insert, or domestic Americana memory beat.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century residential garden planting, with flowering vines, roses, green foliage, and a pale lattice or fence visible behind the blooms.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies flowers at close range in an informal, handheld way, giving the clip the feel of a family record of a garden in bloom.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple clematis-like flowers, soft pink roses, red rose buds, green leaves, tall grass, sunlight, and a pale lattice or fence.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that add physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a floral insert, seasonal transition, garden cutaway, or reflective pause within a family-memory or 1950s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of home gardening and ornamental flowers in an Iowa setting, without visible people, signage, or public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be checked before final use.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1959 8mm Iowa garden flowers, 1950s home movie roses, purple clematis vintage footage, and windy sunny flower close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1959 Iowa home-movie material, and then with vintage garden, flowers, spring, or summer themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing purple garden flowers clustered against green foliage and a pale lattice or fence. — Purple flowers fill the frame, with foliage and a pale lattice or fence behind them.

Purple flowers and trailing foliage appear in a 1959 Iowa garden scene, filmed in soft handheld 8mm color. — A cluster of purple blooms hangs near a pale lattice or fence in the garden.

Soft-focus pink roses and a red bud stand among garden greenery in this 1959 Iowa home-movie frame. — Pink roses appear close to the camera, with a red bud and garden foliage behind them.

A close 8mm view of pink roses, a red bloom, and leafy garden growth in the 1959 Iowa footage. — Soft pink roses and a red bloom sit against dense green garden growth.

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