Saint Louis Missouri-1966: Man Waving Near Fountain, Statue, and Topiary Clock

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Saint Louis Missouri

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Man Waving Near Fountain, Statue, and Topiary Clock — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a serene park scene in Saint Louis, Missouri. The footage opens on a water fountain spraying upward in a pond, with a modern building and lush green trees in the background. The camera then focuses on a bronze statue of a robed figure with outstretched arms, surrounded by dense foliage. The final sequence shows a young man in a light-colored shirt waving at the camera in front of a large, circular topiary clock. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and mid-century Americana.

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: 125317029

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 2121 · Super 8 · 3″ reel
Original reel label: pigs,clogs,cats,fast moving
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: saint louis
Date: 1966 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 editorial or documentary sequences needing visitor-shot Saint Louis park footage with fountain, sculpture, topiary clock, and a waving adult man.
Period detail: The footage shows mid-century color 8mm park views, with formal landscaping, a modern building facade, and casual 1960s visitor clothing visible in the final frame.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged travel-film quality, ending with a man acknowledging the camera while standing near a landscaped topiary clock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pond fountain, modern building, bronze outdoor statue, trees, clipped hedges, planted flowers, topiary clock, and a waving man.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief park insert, travel-memory cutaway, Saint Louis establishing detail, or transition between public-garden scenes.
Historical context: The clip reflects a 1960s leisure visit to a landscaped public setting, emphasizing fountains, civic sculpture, garden design, and casual personal filming.
Research note: One adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and publicity rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Saint Louis home movie, 8mm park fountain, vintage topiary clock, Missouri garden statue, or man waving at camera may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Saint Louis 1966 scenes, then broader 1960s park, garden, fountain, and tourist home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Saint Louis park view with a pond fountain, trees, lawn, and a modern building in the background. — A fountain sprays in a landscaped pond near trees and a building.

Outdoor bronze statue in a Saint Louis landscaped setting, framed by dense greenery on 8mm film. — A bronze figure stands among shrubs and trees in the park.

1966 Saint Louis garden view showing a circular topiary clock, clipped hedges, flower beds, and surrounding trees. — A circular topiary clock sits within a formal landscaped garden.

Adult man waves toward the 8mm camera beside a landscaped topiary clock in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1966. — A man waves from the edge of the garden near the topiary clock.

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