Florida-1958: Flamingos Swans And Ducks Swimming In A Lake In A Garden With Many

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Florida

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Flamingos Swans And Ducks Swimming In A Lake In A Garden... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant garden scene in Florida. A flock of pink flamingos gathers near a pond, while white swans and ducks swim calmly in the water. Lush green foliage, including large leafy plants in the foreground, frames the view. A wooden bridge and stairs are visible in the background, adding to the serene, natural setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American leisure moment.

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: 127281371

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1267 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1958 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: Florida, 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: Useful for 1950s Florida leisure or garden-wildlife sequences needing home-movie views of flamingos, swans, ducks, pond water, and lush planting.
Period detail: The 1958 8mm color footage may show mid-century tourist or garden-park design through ornamental planting, a small bridge, steps, and close visitor framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes birds from a visitor viewpoint, holding on the flock and shifting between wider pond views and closer flamingos near the bank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pink flamingos, white swans, ducks on dark water, pond edges, large tropical leaves, shrubs, a wooden bridge, and background stairs.
Film character: The clip carries a home-movie 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens and pinks, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, place-setting insert, travel-memory beat, or transition within Florida, garden, zoo, or birdlife material.
Historical context: The scene reflects a leisure-oriented encounter with ornamental water birds in a landscaped Florida setting, without identifying a specific venue.
Research note: Review copyright separately from likeness or property issues; metadata flags people visible, while no logos are apparent in the sampled frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Florida flamingos, vintage home movie garden pond birds, mid-century swans and ducks, and tropical park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1958 Florida garden scenes, then broader vintage bird, pond, and leisure-travel clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Florida 8mm frame of pink flamingos near a landscaped pond, with white swans, ducks, foliage, and a bridge in the background. — Pink flamingos stand near a garden pond as swans and ducks move through the water.

1958 Florida home-movie view of flamingos clustered by a pond, framed by tropical leaves, with swans, ducks, bridge rails, and steps beyond. — Flamingos cluster along the pond edge, framed by large leaves and garden foliage.

1958 Florida 8mm still showing flamingos in shallow pond water, ducks on rippled water, and tropical leaves at the lower edge of frame. — Flamingos stand in shallow water as ducks cross the rippled pond behind them.

1958 Florida home-movie frame of flamingos at a pond edge, ducks on the water, and broad tropical leaves partly obscuring the foreground. — Large leaves frame a group of flamingos standing at the pond with ducks nearby.

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