Minnesota USA-1961: Colorful Poinsettias and Flowering Plants

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

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Colorful Poinsettias and Flowering Plants — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant floral garden display in Minnesota. The footage features a colorful arrangement of poinsettias and other flowering plants in rich reds, purples, and greens, meticulously arranged in a tiered garden bed. The scene is illuminated with a distinct vintage color cast, characteristic of early color film, with visible film grain and slight motion blur. A stone wall forms the backdrop, enhancing the nostalgic, mid-century aesthetic. This archival clip offers a charming glimpse into a 1960s garden celebration, perfect for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 125497763

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: Useful for 1960s U.S. home-movie requests needing a colorful garden display cutaway or seasonal floral atmosphere from Minnesota archival footage.
Period detail: The saturated color reversal look, 8mm frame texture, and formal planted display support a mid-century home-movie reading, with the 1961 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the floral arrangement from a visitor or family-film perspective, lingering on the display rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red poinsettia-like plants, white blossoms, yellow flowers, dense green foliage, low purple edging plants, and a stone wall backdrop.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, color shift, slight blur, and contact-print frame divisions that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, seasonal transition, garden cutaway, or memory beat within a 1960s Minnesota or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a carefully arranged public or garden display as seen through a family camera, without visible people, signage, or identifiable event markers in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any property or event context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Minnesota 8mm garden footage, vintage floral display, mid-century home movie flowers, and colorful archival garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Minnesota material, then broader 1960s floral, garden, or seasonal display footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a dense floral garden display with red foliage, white blooms, yellow flowers, and a stone wall backdrop. — A colorful floral display fills the frame, backed by a low stone wall.

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame of a formal garden bed with vivid red plants, white flowers, yellow blossoms, and layered greenery. — The camera holds on a tiered floral arrangement with strong red and green color.

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a closer view across the floral bed, with red foliage, pale flowers, yellow blooms, and dense greenery. — A closer view emphasizes the layered planting and bright film color.

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame with white flowers crossing a green garden bed, red foliage behind, and a stone wall in the background. — The final frame shows the garden bed stretching across the scene in saturated color.

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