Michigan USA-1960: Plaque for Kitchi Ti Kipi Spring

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Michigan

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Plaque for Kitchi Ti Kipi Spring — Clip Details

A close-up of a vintage informational plaque from Michigan USA in 1960, filmed on 8mm home movie. The text details the Kitchi Ti Kipi spring, noting its 200ft width, 42ft depth, and flow of over 16,000 gallons per minute. The plaque explains the spring's overflow to Indian Lake and its constant 45° water temperature. The footage shows the aged, slightly blurred text on a dark background with visible film grain and natural light reflections, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century Americana.

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: 125497137

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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 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: Michigan, 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: 1960s Michigan 8mm cutaway for documentary, museum, or education edits needing visitor-shot footage of Kitchi-iti-kipi spring interpretation signage.
Period detail: The dark painted sign, hand-lettered look, soft 8mm focus, and outdoor park setting support a mid-century visitor-film context in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the informational plaque like a traveler recording details for later memory rather than staging a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Kitchi Ti Kipi title, explanatory spring text, dark signboard, surrounding foliage, a small figure or statue at right, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has dense film grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, handheld steadiness, and contact-print flicker that give the sign an authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an identifying insert, place-setting cutaway, or quiet transition before or after footage of the spring itself.
Historical context: The plaque presents visitor information about a Michigan spring, reflecting how natural attractions were documented in family travel films.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but signage text, park context, and copyright status should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960 Michigan home movie spring plaque, Kitchi-iti-kipi sign, 8mm travel footage, and vintage natural attraction signage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1960 Michigan or Kitchi-iti-kipi material, then broader vintage park signage and freshwater spring footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a dark Kitchi Ti Kipi informational plaque with pale lettering and greenery behind it. — Kitchi Ti Kipi spring information sign filmed in soft 8mm focus.

Visitor-shot 8mm view of the Kitchi Ti Kipi plaque in Michigan, with readable spring measurements and a small object at right. — Informational plaque details the spring's dimensions, water flow, and temperature.

1960s 8mm home-movie frame of the Kitchi Ti Kipi spring plaque, softly exposed with visible grain and outdoor greenery. — The camera remains on the spring plaque as the text fills most of the frame.

Michigan 8mm footage frame showing the Kitchi Ti Kipi informational sign, with pale text, dark board, and vegetation in the background. — Final view of the outdoor plaque identifying and describing Kitchi Ti Kipi spring.

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