Michigan USA-1960: Flower Beds and Pool in Suburban Yard

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

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Flower Beds and Pool in Suburban Yard — Clip Details

MICHIGAN USA-1960: A sun-drenched suburban backyard features a vibrant flower bed with pink and white blooms lining a manicured lawn. White lounge chairs are arranged neatly on the grass, with a person walking near a wooden fence in the background. The scene transitions to a wider view of a swimming pool area with a yellow slide, surrounded by evergreen trees and overlooking a distant body of water. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere of a 1960s summer day in a Michigan suburb, with natural film grain and color fading characteristic of the era.

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: 125497444

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 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 home-movie footage for productions needing suburban leisure, backyard garden, or poolside cutaways from mid-century American family life.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century suburban landscaping, white lawn chairs, a fenced garden edge, and a pool area with a slide, consistent with the 1960 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual home-movie observation of a yard and pool area, with a distant person moving through the background rather than performing for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a manicured lawn, flower beds, white lounge chairs, a fence, evergreen trees, a pool area, a yellow slide, and distant water.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, saturated summer color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a contact-sheet scan look that preserves physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, summer memory beat, suburban transition, or visual bridge between family leisure and outdoor recreation scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for domestic outdoor space and recreational landscaping in a Michigan home-movie setting without confirming ownership or exact site.
Research note: People and residential outdoor areas appear visible, so copyright, likeness, and possible property concerns should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960 Michigan 8mm backyard, suburban flower beds home movie, vintage pool area with slide, and mid-century family garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Michigan 1960 material, then broader 1960s suburban backyard or poolside home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan home-movie frame showing a suburban lawn, flowering border, white lounge chairs, fence, trees, and a distant person. — Suburban backyard with flower beds, lounge chairs, and a distant figure near the fence.

1960 Michigan backyard view with a wide green lawn, flower bed, white lounge chairs, fence, trees, and a distant person. — A backyard lawn and flower bed with white chairs arranged near the fence.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame showing a pool area with yellow slide, fence, trees, distant water, and a partial foreground figure. — Pool area with a yellow slide and treetops overlooking distant water.

1960 Michigan poolside view with a yellow slide, fenced edge, evergreen trees, lawn, and distant water beyond the property. — Fenced pool area with yellow slide set below tall trees and distant water.

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