Minnesota USA-1961: Sunflower in Summer Field

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

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Sunflower in Summer Field — Clip Details

A vibrant 8mm home movie from 1961 captures a tall sunflower swaying gently in a sun-drenched field. The large yellow bloom and broad green leaves dominate the frame against a backdrop of lush trees and open grassland. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage displays natural color saturation and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic summer day in Minnesota. The camera remains steady, focusing on the plant's delicate movement in the breeze.

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: 125498023

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: 1960s Minnesota home-movie nature footage suited for documentary inserts about summer landscapes, gardens, rural leisure, or seasonal memory.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s color 8mm filming practices, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or landmarks to further date the scene beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on a single sunflower from a casual outdoor vantage point, preserving an unstaged observation of summer plant life rather than a formal nature study.
What appears in frame: A tall sunflower, broad green leaves, yellow petals, grassy field, distant tree line, pale sky, and soft wooded background fill the brief scene.
Film character: The footage has 8mm color softness, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and a steady home-movie frame that give the plant movement archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, seasonal transition, quiet memory beat, or visual pause between broader rural or family-history scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects home-movie attention to ordinary outdoor surroundings, showing a flower and field without visible people, property identifiers, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still evaluate copyright status and any broader reel context before publication.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Minnesota 8mm sunflower, vintage home movie flower field, 1960s summer nature footage, and archival rural landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Minnesota outdoor footage, then broader 1960s home-movie nature and garden material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a tall sunflower in a grassy field with trees and pale sky behind it. — Sunflower standing above grass with a wooded backdrop.

1961 Minnesota home-movie still of a sunflower plant framed close in front of summer grass and trees. — Close view of the sunflower plant with leaves and yellow petals visible.

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame of a sunflower leaning slightly in a grassy outdoor setting with trees behind. — The sunflower fills the foreground against a soft green landscape.

Final 1961 Minnesota home-movie frame showing the sunflower against a sunlit field and wooded background. — Sunflower framed in a summer field with no people or structures visible.

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