West Virginia-1938: Light Yellow Daffodils And Soil Shot Through Grainy 8mm Film

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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Light Yellow Daffodils And Soil Shot Through Grainy 8mm Film — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a cluster of light yellow daffodils blooming in a garden bed. The footage exhibits a distinct purple color cast and heavy film grain, characteristic of early color film processes. The flowers stand out against dark soil and green foliage, with a subtle camera movement revealing the natural arrangement of the blooms. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of springtime in West Virginia, perfect for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127268407

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 West Virginia home-movie garden footage suited to documentary inserts, seasonal cutaways, and archival texture around spring or domestic outdoor life.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1938 home garden bed, with daffodils, dark soil, and soft focus providing the main period clues rather than identifiable buildings or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie camera lingering on spring flowers rather than a staged horticultural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale yellow daffodil blossoms, long narrow leaves, dark garden soil, soft background shadows, frame edges, and a purple color cast.
Film character: The 8mm image carries heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and a pronounced purple cast that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, seasonal transition, memory beat, or visual pause within a 1930s domestic or nature sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of ornamental planting in a residential or garden setting, without visible people, signage, or location-specific identifiers.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, collection provenance, and any property-context questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 West Virginia daffodils, 1930s 8mm garden flowers, vintage home movie spring blooms, and purple-cast archival flower footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel garden or family footage, then other 1938 West Virginia material, then broader 1930s spring flowers or home-movie nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame of pale yellow daffodils in a garden bed, tinted purple by the film scan. — Pale daffodils bloom in a dark garden bed with long leaves below.

Purple-cast 8mm view of daffodils and narrow foliage in a West Virginia garden bed, dated by metadata to 1938. — Daffodil blossoms fill the upper frame above dense garden foliage.

Home-movie frame of light yellow daffodils across a garden bed, with dark soil and strong purple film coloration. — A row of light daffodils stands out against dark soil and foliage.

1938 West Virginia garden close view showing daffodils, long leaves, soil, and pronounced purple 8mm film color shift. — Soft-focus daffodils and leaves appear through a purple 8mm film cast.

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