Missouri USA-1961: A Field Of Purple Flowers

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A Field Of Purple Flowers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched field of vibrant purple flowers in Missouri. Rows of blooming plants stretch across the frame, with small white identification markers placed in the soil. In the background, a group of people stroll through the garden under a bright blue sky, with trees and utility poles visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American summer day.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124869513

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Missouri, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: Supports 1960s U.S. archival requests needing a brief color home-movie view of a cultivated flower field or public garden for documentary, museum, education, or commercial editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, mid-century clothing shapes in the distance, utility poles, and open planted rows may show an early-1960s Missouri garden or flower trial setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, observing rows of purple blooms while people stroll casually along the far edge of the field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple flower rows, bare soil paths, white plant markers, distant visitors, trees, utility poles, blue sky, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, saturated daylight color, slight handheld drift, and contact-print edge shading.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, seasonal transition, rural garden insert, or memory beat within a broader 1960s American home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests recreational or observational flower-field activity in Missouri, with labeled plant rows and visitors indicating a cultivated display rather than wild growth.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are evident, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Missouri 8mm flower field, purple flowers home movie, vintage garden visitors, and 1960s American flower rows.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel garden material, then other 1961 Missouri footage, then broader 1960s home movies of flowers, fields, parks, or summer outings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing purple flower rows, white plant markers, and distant visitors along the horizon. — Purple flower rows fill the foreground while visitors move along the far edge of the field.

A soft 8mm view of a Missouri flower field in 1961, with purple blooms, plant labels, and people walking in the background. — Labeled rows of purple blooms extend toward a line of visitors and trees.

1961 Missouri home-movie frame with purple flower rows, white identification markers, and distant people near the horizon. — The camera looks across marked flower rows toward people walking beyond the blooms.

A 1961 Missouri 8mm frame shows purple flower beds, white row markers, distant visitors, trees, and utility poles. — A wider angle shows the flower rows sweeping across the field below a bright sky.

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