Illinois USA-1947: Footage Of A Large Stone And Metal Fountain Viewed From A Moving Car

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

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Footage Of A Large Stone And Metal Fountain Viewed From... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a large stone and metal fountain in Illinois, viewed through a moving vehicle's window. The footage shows the fountain in the distance, with water spraying, before the camera pans past green lawns and classic automobiles. The image is grainy with scratches and dust, characteristic of aged Super 8 film, 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124914577

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Illinois travel, civic landscape, fountain, or roadside-view cutaways in documentaries, museum media, and period commercial edits.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century public fountain or civic feature, with open lawns, paved drives, and rounded 1940s automobiles passing near the camera.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot quality, filmed from inside or beside a moving car as the fountain and landscaped grounds slide past the window.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large spraying fountain, lawns, paved roadway, distant structures, trees, window or film-strip divisions, and passing cars.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm faded color, gate edges, scratches, dust, and motion blur that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, civic-memory beat, or period cutaway between Illinois or 1940s scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects postwar-era leisure or travel viewing of a landscaped public space, seen from the informal perspective of a moving automobile.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or readable logos are apparent, but the fountain or site identity should be researched for property, location, and copyright context.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1947 Illinois 8mm fountain footage, vintage home movie from car, mid-century public landmark, and 1940s roadside travel view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1947 Illinois exteriors, then broader 1940s fountains, civic landscapes, and car-window travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Illinois 8mm frame showing a distant large fountain behind a roadway and green lawn, seen through dark vertical film or window edges. — A large fountain sprays in the distance as the moving viewpoint passes a landscaped roadway.

Soft 1947 Illinois view of the fountain receding behind grass and roadway, with a dark divider and motion blur from the moving car. — The fountain appears blurred as the camera continues past the landscaped grounds.

1947 Illinois roadside frame with fountain spray in the background, manicured grass, a sign-like object, and a passing car at the lower edge. — A passing car enters the foreground while the fountain and lawn remain in the background.

1947 Illinois 8mm frame looking across lawns and trees from a moving car, with two mid-century automobiles crossing the foreground. — Cars pass in front of trees and trimmed lawns as the fountain area falls out of view.

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