Minnesota USA-1961: Family and Friends Enjoying Park Fountain on Sunny Day

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

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Family and Friends Enjoying Park Fountain on Sunny Day — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a family and friends enjoying a sunny day at a park. A large fountain sprays water in the background as people in 1960s attire stroll across the grass. A classic American car is parked nearby, and the footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from the early 1960s.

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: 125498002

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 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 Minnesota home-movie requests needing candid park leisure, public fountain activity, or everyday family-and-friends recreation for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, soft color 8mm look, and metadata-supported 1961 date place the scene in the early 1960s, though no landmark or event is identifiable from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as adults stroll, pause, and watch a large fountain spray across a park lawn.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in summer clothing, a broad lawn, a large spraying fountain, shade trees, park benches, mist, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a scanned 8mm home-movie character with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for midcentury public parks, family outings, summer leisure, or fountain atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual public-park recreation in Minnesota during the early 1960s, with adults gathered near a fountain rather than a formal event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are indicated, and copyright status is separate from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Minnesota 8mm park fountain, 1960s home movie family outing, vintage public park lawn, or midcentury summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with Minnesota or 1961 park scenes, and then with broader 1960s family outing or public fountain material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame of adults in summer clothing standing on grass beside a large park fountain and trees. — Adults pause on a sunny park lawn as fountain spray fills the background.

Adults in early-1960s attire move across a Minnesota park lawn with a broad fountain plume behind them. — A small group crosses the lawn in front of the park fountain.

Minnesota home-movie frame from 1961 showing adults standing near a spraying park fountain with trees beyond. — Three adults linger near the fountain as water spray drifts across the park.

A misty 1961 Minnesota park frame shows a figure partly hidden by fountain spray, with trees and lawn in the distance. — Fountain mist nearly obscures a figure near the spray at the park.

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