Illinois USA-1947: Grand Fountain with Arcing Water Jets

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 Illinois

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Grand Fountain with Arcing Water Jets — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a grand fountain in Illinois. The footage, framed by dark borders, shows a large ornate fountain with water jets arcing into the air, set within manicured green lawns and hedges. A person in period attire walks past in the foreground, while the camera moves slightly, creating a sense of motion. The image is characterized by classic Super 8 film grain, light leaks, and a warm, faded color palette, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124914541

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1947 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: Illinois, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Illinois archival requests needing a brief home-movie view of an outdoor fountain, formal landscaping, and sunlit public-park scenery.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century visitor footage, with formal hedges, open lawns, pale masonry, and soft color 8mm rendering supporting the 1947 metadata date.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the casual visitor perspective: the fountain is filmed from a fixed public vantage point with slight movement and a passerby briefly crossing the foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ornate fountain, arcing water jets, clipped hedges, pale paths or pavement, mature trees, dark film borders, and a brief foreground figure.
Film character: The footage carries warm faded color, visible grain, gate borders, scratches, dust, and uneven exposure that mark it as scanned physical 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, nostalgic transition, location cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century American leisure and civic landscape scenes.
Historical context: The scene suggests a maintained public garden or civic landscape in Illinois, but the specific site and fountain identity should not be inferred from the visible frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at least briefly, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, while copyright, location, and property permissions remain separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1947 Illinois 8mm fountain footage, vintage home movie public garden, mid-century fountain water jets, and archival park landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1947 Illinois outdoor scenes, then similar vintage fountain, park, garden, or civic-landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Illinois 8mm frame showing a distant ornate fountain with water jets, hedges, pavement, and trees at the edge. — A distant fountain sprays water above trimmed hedges in bright sun.

1947 Illinois home-movie frame of a broad fountain structure, low formal hedges, spraying water, and trees in hazy light. — The fountain appears more centered, with jets arcing on both sides.

1947 Illinois 8mm frame showing the fountain across a path, formal hedges, trees, and a small dark passerby in the foreground. — A passerby crosses the lower foreground as the fountain remains in the distance.

1947 Illinois frame of a sunlit fountain and formal landscaping, bordered by dark 8mm gate edges and surface dust. — The fountain and hedges hold steady behind the pale foreground path.

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