Minnesota USA-1961: Man Walking In Park With Swan Swimming On Green Grass

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

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Man Walking In Park With Swan Swimming On Green Grass — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1961: A young man in a straw hat and light blue shirt walks across a grassy park, smiling at the camera. The vintage 8mm film captures him strolling near a pond where a white swan glides across the water. The scene is set on a sunny day with lush green grass and trees in the background, showcasing classic mid-century Americana. The footage features natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of home movies 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: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125498005

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1961 Minnesota home-movie park footage suited for documentary inserts about mid-century leisure, outdoor recreation, family travel, or noncommercial public spaces.
Period detail: The straw hat, light shirt, pale trousers, and soft color 8mm look may show early-1960s casual park attire and filming habits.
Home-movie behavior: A young man acknowledges the camera while walking through grass near water, giving the clip an informal companion-shot quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grassy park, tree line, bright fountain spray, a young man in a straw hat, pond water, a white swan, and a small boat or canoe edge.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, color fading, gate shadow, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief park-life insert, memory beat, animal cutaway, or transition between broader 1960s outdoor scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows a casual visit to a landscaped park or pond area in Minnesota, with human and animal activity captured from a home-movie perspective.
Research note: People and a visible face require likeness review; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and any property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Minnesota 8mm park footage, young man walking near pond, swan in home movie, and mid-century outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Minnesota 1961 park scenes, then broader 1960s home movies showing ponds, fountains, walking, or swans.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame showing a man on green grass near trees and a paved or water edge. — A man appears at a distance in a grassy park with trees behind him.

1961 Minnesota frame of a young man in a straw hat and light shirt walking across grass near a large fountain spray. — The man walks toward the camera beside a broad spray of water.

Close 1961 Minnesota home-movie view of the man in a straw hat standing on grass with fountain mist and trees in the background. — A closer view shows the man facing the camera near the fountain.

1961 Minnesota park frame showing a white swan gliding on pond water beside the pointed edge of a small boat or canoe. — A white swan swims near the shore and a small boat at the pond edge.

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