Minnesota USA-1961: Garden of Colorful Flowers and Green Shrubs

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Minnesota

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Garden of Colorful Flowers and Green Shrubs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant garden display in Minnesota. Rows of lush green shrubs, vivid red and purple foliage, and small yellow flowers create a colorful, layered landscape. The footage shows subtle camera movement across the meticulously arranged plants, with a dark border framing the scene. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 footage from the era, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century Americana and garden design.

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: 125497758

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 1028 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: mother,sioux falls, pushmobile, duluth in winter, clarence
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: duluth,minnesota
Date: 1961 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: Minnesota, 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: 1961 Minnesota home-movie garden footage for productions needing a mid-century color landscape cutaway or non-urban nature insert.
Period detail: The frames show a formal planted display with vivid foliage and flowers, while the era is supported by the 1961 8mm source metadata rather than visible dated signage.
Home-movie behavior: The short view feels like an unstaged home-movie look at a carefully arranged garden bed, with the camera lingering on color and plant texture rather than people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include layered green shrubs, red and purple foliage, small yellow flowers, pale blossoms, dark film borders, and a stone or planted backdrop.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color shifts, soft focus, visible grain, dark frame edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief garden insert, seasonal transition, color memory beat, or visual bridge in a sequence about domestic landscapes or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The clip documents a planted ornamental display in Minnesota, reflecting home-movie attention to gardens, color, and everyday outdoor surroundings in the early 1960s.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Minnesota garden 8mm, vintage home movie flower bed, mid-century ornamental planting, and colorful garden archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Minnesota material, then related garden, flowers, landscape, and home-movie nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a layered garden display with green shrubs, red and purple foliage, pale blossoms, and yellow flowers. — Layered garden planting with saturated red, green, purple, and yellow color.

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame of a colorful ornamental garden bed bordered by dark 8mm frame edges. — Dense ornamental planting fills the frame with red foliage and green shrubs.

1961 Minnesota 8mm view of a bright garden display with layered shrubs, red foliage, purple ground plants, and small yellow blooms. — The camera view shifts across a vivid planted bed with layered foliage.

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame showing a saturated garden bed with red foliage, green shrubs, pale blossoms, and yellow flowers. — Final frame holds on the colorful garden bed within dark 8mm frame borders.

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