Worlds Fair Seattle-1974: River and Flower Garden at World's Fair

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationSeattle, Washington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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River and Flower Garden at World's Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a landscaped garden at the World's Fair in Seattle. The scene features a tranquil river bordered by colorful flower beds in shades of pink, purple, and yellow, interspersed with large rocks and lush green trees. In the background, a multi-story brick building stands under a bright sky, with a small pagoda-style structure visible among the foliage. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-1970s urban park design and fairground aesthetics.

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: 125632736

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1970s 8mm garden and urban landscape footage for documentary cutaways, fairground context, or reflective city-memory sequences.
Period detail: The frame may show 1970s public-garden design with rockwork, flower beds, young trees, water features, and mid-rise buildings in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering on landscaping through a handheld frame rather than staging people or activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a water channel, rocks, pink and yellow flower beds, leafy trees, a small pavilion-like roof, and background buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, frame-edge vignetting, and mild handheld drift that give the scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm establishing insert, transition, or memory beat between busier fairground or urban travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents landscaped public space as experienced by an amateur visitor, with urban buildings framing a designed garden setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but building and site identification should be checked separately from copyright licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s 8mm garden footage, Seattle World's Fair home movie, urban park water feature, and vintage landscaped grounds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then with confirmed Seattle or 1974 material, and finally with garden, fairground, or urban-park footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm frame of a landscaped garden with water, boulders, bright flower beds, trees, and urban buildings in the background. — Garden water feature with colorful planting and buildings behind it.

1974 8mm view across a planted garden with rocks, flowers, trees, a small roofed structure, and background buildings. — Planted garden scene with rocks, trees, water, and distant buildings.

1974 8mm frame showing a rock-lined garden water feature, pink flowers, trees, and mid-rise buildings beyond the planting. — Rock-lined water feature and flower beds in an urban garden setting.

1974 8mm view of a landscaped water garden with boulders, flower beds, young trees, and buildings in the background. — Water garden with boulders, flowering beds, trees, and urban buildings beyond.

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