Florida USA-1968: Man in Blue Raking Leaves in Backyard

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Man in Blue Raking Leaves in Backyard — Clip Details

A man in a blue long-sleeved shirt and dark pants rakes leaves in a wooded backyard, captured on 8mm film in 1968. The footage shows him from behind, bending and sweeping with a rake under dim, natural light. A rope hangs from a tree branch above, and the scene has a grainy, blue-tinted quality typical of vintage home movies. The setting appears to be a quiet residential area in Florida, with dense foliage and scattered leaves on the ground. This authentic 1960s home movie clip evokes nostalgia and everyday life from the era.

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: 125023183

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.

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: 1968 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: Florida, 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 archival edits needing quiet domestic yard work, Florida home-movie atmosphere, or everyday residential labor as documentary cutaway material.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s casual clothing and a simple wooded backyard setting, supported by the 1968 metadata and the visible 8mm home-movie texture.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears unaware or only lightly aware of the camera while raking leaves, giving the clip an unstaged household-work quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a blue long-sleeved shirt, dark pants, a rake, scattered leaves, dense foliage, tree branches, and a hanging rope or loop.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, dim natural exposure, blue color cast, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic-life insert, seasonal yard-work cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1960s family or Florida sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary residential maintenance and outdoor leisure space rather than a public event, with no visible landmarks or branded details.
Research note: A visible adult figure may require likeness review, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately from the film scan metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 Florida home movie yard work, 8mm man raking leaves, 1960s backyard chores, and vintage domestic outdoor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then Florida 1968 home-movie material, then broader 1960s domestic chore or backyard-life clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1968 Florida 8mm frame, a man in a blue long-sleeved shirt stands with his back to the camera in a dim wooded backyard. — A man stands with his back to the camera under branches in a shaded backyard.

The man remains in the wooded Florida backyard, partly turned away as a rake handle appears near him under low natural light. — The man pauses near a rake in the shaded yard.

A 1968 Florida home-movie frame shows the man holding a rake upright in a shaded backyard with leaves and foliage around him. — The man grips the rake while standing among leaves in the backyard.

The man leans over the rake in the wooded Florida yard, framed by dense foliage, scattered leaves, and a looping rope above. — The man leans into the rake while working in the shaded yard.

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