South Carolina-1958: Lily Pads and Water Lilies in Pond

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Carolina, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 South Carolina

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Lily Pads and Water Lilies in Pond — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil pond scene in South Carolina. Lush green lily pads float on the dark water's surface, with delicate pink and yellow water lilies blooming in the final frames. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and warm color tones, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful summer day. The camera remains steady, focusing on the natural beauty of the pond and its reflections, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127284016

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: 1958 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: South Carolina, 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: 1950s 8mm nature footage for editors needing a quiet pond cutaway, seasonal insert, or reflective outdoor transition from South Carolina home movies.
Period detail: The frames offer few date-specific clues beyond the 8mm color stock look, with lily pads, dark water, and garden-pond reflections consistent with mid-century home-movie nature filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on water lilies and pond reflections without people, signage, or arranged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green lily pads, dark pond water, white and pink water lilies, reflected trees, soft shadow areas, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, slight color warmth, dark exposure in the water, and minor frame variation that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm natural cutaway, a summer memory beat, or a visual pause between family, travel, or Southern outdoor scenes.
Historical context: As a domestic travel or family-film nature view, it documents quiet attention to local outdoor scenery rather than a public event or identifiable place.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property context from the source reel.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm lily pads, South Carolina pond home movie, vintage water lilies, quiet nature cutaway, and archival garden pond footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with South Carolina 1958 material, and then with other 1950s pond, garden, water, or summer nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 South Carolina 8mm frame showing lily pads and pale water lilies floating on dark pond water with tree reflections. — Lily pads and pale blossoms float on a shaded pond surface.

A steady 8mm view of green lily pads, small pale blossoms, and dark reflective pond water in South Carolina archival footage. — A cluster of lily pads sits near pale flowers on reflective pond water.

1950s home-movie frame with lily pads on a dark pond, softened by grain, shadow, and reflected trees. — Lily pads spread across a shaded pond with soft tree reflections.

South Carolina 1958 8mm frame showing pink and pale water lilies rising among green lily pads on dark water. — Pink and pale water lilies appear among the lily pads near the end of the clip.

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