New York City-1964: Water Lily Flowers Flo Gently On Water's Surface And Sit In

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Water Lily Flowers Flo Gently On Water's Surface And Sit In — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene water lily floating on a pond's surface. The footage features a light pink lily with a yellow center, its delicate petals gently swaying. The scene shifts to a vibrant pink lily, then a bright yellow one, all set against dark water with visible film grain and subtle scratches. The natural, unedited quality evokes a nostalgic, peaceful moment from a bygone era.

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: 125500116

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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1964 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: New York City, New York, 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 New York City home-movie nature footage for editors needing a quiet floral pond insert, reflective transition, or seasonal memory beat.
Period detail: The frames show close views of water lilies on dark pond water, with period clues coming mainly from the 8mm home-movie color, grain, and 1964 metadata rather than visible urban detail.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the intimate feel of an amateur camera pausing on flowers in water, valuing a small natural observation over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale pink lily petals, yellow flower centers, dark pond water, lily pads or leaves, reflected highlights, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, visible grain, slight softness, exposure variation, and small scratches that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm botanical cutaway, a pause between city scenes, or a nostalgic insert within a personal memory sequence.
Historical context: The clip may show a public or garden pond setting in New York City, but the frames themselves emphasize flowers and water rather than identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property questions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 8mm water lily footage, New York City pond flowers, vintage home movie botanical cutaway, and 1960s floral water surface.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel nature shots, then with other 1964 New York City material, and then with broader pond, flower, garden, or reflective water footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm home-movie frame of a pale pink water lily with a yellow center on dark pond water, likely in New York City per metadata. — A pale pink water lily rests on dark water, with soft film grain and shadowed leaves around it.

Close 8mm frame of a pale pink water lily and yellow center against dark pond water, from the 1964 New York City home-movie clip metadata. — The camera holds on the pale flower as its petals spread across the dark surface of the pond.

1964 8mm frame showing a vibrant pink water lily on dark water, with reflections and bright highlights visible around the flower. — A deeper pink lily appears against the pond surface, surrounded by reflections and bright patches on the water.

End frame from the 1964 New York City 8mm clip, showing a pink water lily against dark pond water with bright reflected shapes. — The pink lily remains centered as bright water reflections and grainy color texture fill the surrounding frame.

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