Missouri USA-1961: Field of Yellow, Purple, and White Gladiolus

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMissouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Missouri

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Field of Yellow, Purple, and White Gladiolus — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched garden field of blooming gladiolus flowers in Missouri. The footage shows rows of vibrant yellow, white, and purple gladiolus in full bloom, their tall green stems swaying gently in a light breeze. The classic Super 8 film quality features natural color saturation, slight grain, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American summer. The dark film borders frame the scene, enhancing its authentic archival feel.

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: 124869581

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: Useful for 1960s American home-movie requests needing non-urban garden, flower field, or seasonal nature cutaways for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and soft handheld framing support the 1961 home-movie context, while the visible subject is a cultivated field of tall gladiolus flowers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet value of an informal garden observation, with the camera lingering on flower rows rather than staging people or events.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow gladiolus, white gladiolus, purple blooms, tall green leaves, exposed soil rows, sunlight, soft focus, and dark film borders.
Film character: The scan shows natural 8mm grain, mild softness, uneven exposure, saturated color, and dark frame edges that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, seasonal transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century domestic or regional sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a cultivated flower field in Missouri as seen through a home-movie camera, offering visual context for leisure, gardening, or local landscape material.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Missouri 8mm flowers, vintage home movie gladiolus field, 1960s garden footage, and archival color flower rows.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel garden footage, then Missouri or 1961 home movies, then broader 1960s flowers, summer landscapes, or domestic nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing yellow gladiolus blooms in a cultivated flower row with soil paths and dark film edges. — Yellow gladiolus blooms stand in a sunlit garden row.

1961 Missouri 8mm frame with white gladiolus in the foreground and purple blooms behind them in a cultivated field. — White gladiolus flowers appear among purple blooms and tall green leaves.

1961 Missouri home-movie frame showing white gladiolus blooms clustered in front of purple flower rows and green foliage. — White gladiolus blooms fill the foreground of the flower field.

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing white gladiolus blossoms, tall green leaves, and mixed flower rows in bright daylight. — A close view of white gladiolus blossoms among garden rows.

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