Canada-1974: A Film Of A Bee Getting Honey From A Flower

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Canada

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A Film Of A Bee Getting Honey From A Flower — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1974 captures a close-up of vibrant pink zinnia flowers with yellow centers, their petals softly blurred by natural motion. The lush green leaves provide a rich backdrop, and the footage exhibits the characteristic grain and warm color palette of Super 8 film. The camera remains steady, focusing on the delicate beauty of the blooms in a sun-dappled garden setting, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and natural wonder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125631204

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 1016 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1974
Reel-level location note: seattle,british columbia canada
Date: 1974 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: Canada 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 1970s Canadian nature, garden, pollinator, and home-movie cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1974 home-garden view, with close Super 8 framing, warm color, and soft focus rather than identifiable built-era details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged patience of a home-movie operator holding on a bee and flowers in a small outdoor garden moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pink zinnia-like flowers, yellow flower centers, a dark bee, broad green leaves, sun patches, shadowed background, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, warm color shift, soft focus, slight motion blur, and exposure contrast typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, garden transition, seasonal memory beat, or quiet visual pause between larger 1970s home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The clip records an everyday backyard-style encounter with flowers and a bee, reflecting personal observation rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private structures are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any location-specific use should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Research matches include 1974 Canada 8mm bee on flower, vintage home movie garden flowers, Super 8 pollinator close-up, and pink zinnia footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Canada 1974 garden material, then broader vintage nature and pollinator footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Canadian 8mm home-movie frame showing soft-focus pink flowers with yellow centers among green leaves. — Pink flowers and green foliage fill the soft, grainy frame.

1974 Canadian 8mm frame with pink garden flowers, green leaves, and a dark bee-like shape near the right flower. — A bee-like dark shape appears near the flowers in the garden close-up.

1974 Canadian 8mm home-movie frame showing a bee resting on a pink flower amid broad green leaves. — A bee rests on a pink flower below dense green leaves.

1974 Canadian 8mm frame showing a bee at the edge of a pink flower against leafy garden foliage. — The bee remains near the flower head as leaves fill the background.

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