West Virginia-1938: Flower Bed with Stone Borders and Pathways

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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Flower Bed with Stone Borders and Pathways — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil garden scene in West Virginia. The footage shows a lush flower bed with vibrant blossoms, bordered by neatly arranged edging blocks and stone pathways. Sunlight filters through surrounding trees, creating dappled light and soft shadows across the greenery. The camera remains mostly still, offering a peaceful, nostalgic glimpse into mid-century domestic landscaping. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of old Super 8 footage, evoking a sense of quiet domestic life and historical charm.

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: 127268218

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: 1938 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: West Virginia, 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: 1930s 8mm home-movie garden footage suited for documentary cutaways about domestic landscapes, regional life, or quiet outdoor memory scenes.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1938 West Virginia garden with stone edging, planted beds, and informal paths, though no landmark or datable object is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The short clip has the observational feel of a family camera pausing on flowers and garden layout rather than staging a formal subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red-orange blossoms, leafy plantings, stone or block borders, a narrow path, lawn, shrubs, and deep tree shade.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, heavy vignette, visible grain, slight color fading, and uneven exposure that give the garden view archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, seasonal transition, domestic-life cutaway, or reflective memory beat between broader West Virginia scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of ornamental planting and yard design in a prewar American home-movie context without showing people or public activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and assess any property context for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 8mm flower garden, West Virginia home movie garden, vintage stone-edged flower bed, and 1930s domestic landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 West Virginia footage, and then with vintage garden or domestic outdoor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia home-movie frame showing a planted garden area, stone edging, lawn, and dark tree shade. — Stone-edged garden bed and lawn seen under dappled shade.

1938 West Virginia garden view with bordered plantings, low shrubs, a path, and strong vignette from the 8mm frame. — Bordered planting bed beside a small garden path.

Close 8mm view of red-orange blossoms and dense foliage in a 1938 West Virginia garden. — Red-orange blossoms fill the garden bed in soft focus.

1938 West Virginia home-movie frame with red-orange flowers, leafy stems, and dark 8mm edge vignette. — Flowering plants seen close up with visible film vignette.

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