New York City-1964: Water Lily On Sun Dappled Water Red Flowers

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Water Lily On Sun Dappled Water Red Flowers — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1964 captures a serene water lily floating on sun-dappled water, its yellow petals glowing against a deep blue, grainy surface. The scene transitions to a cluster of vibrant red flowers in a garden, their colors appearing rich and saturated under natural light. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays classic grain, slight color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, dreamlike quality. The sequence offers a quiet, contemplative look at nature, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 125500120

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: Supports 1960s archive requests for quiet nature cutaways, garden details, and contemplative New York City home-movie inserts.
Period detail: The frames show garden flowers and reflective water in soft 8mm color, with no visible landmarks or objects that independently date the scene beyond the supplied 1964 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on flowers from a close, observational home-movie perspective, valuing color, sunlight, and texture over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow water lily, sun-dappled blue water, red garden flowers, dark foliage, film gate edges, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, saturated color shifts, soft focus, and uneven exposure that give the flower studies a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, reflective transition, seasonal cutaway, or brief memory beat between more narrative scenes.
Historical context: The footage provides a small domestic or public-garden view of flowers and water, useful as visual context without making claims about a named site.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any garden-property context should still be reviewed by the user.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 8mm water lily, New York City home movie flowers, 1960s garden cutaway, and vintage red flower footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 New York City nature views, then broader 1960s garden or flower imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City 8mm frame showing a yellow water lily on reflective, grainy blue water. — A yellow water lily sits against shimmering dark water.

Close 8mm view of a yellow water lily on sunlit water, using the supplied 1964 New York City metadata. — The water lily remains centered amid bright surface reflections.

1964 New York City 8mm frame showing saturated red flowers in a shadowed garden setting. — Red flowers fill the lower frame against dark foliage.

Soft 8mm frame of red garden flowers and dark greenery, tied to the supplied 1964 New York City clip metadata. — A saturated cluster of red flowers appears in soft garden light.

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