Florida-1959: Picture Of A Beautiful Lake And Surrounding Green Grass

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Florida

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Picture Of A Beautiful Lake And Surrounding Green Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake view framed by lush green trees and foliage. The scene unfolds under a soft, hazy sky with a distinct pinkish-purple tint, suggesting early morning or late afternoon light. The calm water stretches toward a distant treeline, creating a peaceful, nostalgic landscape. The natural framing and film grain give the footage an authentic, archival quality, evoking mid-century Americana and quiet moments of nature.

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: 127287184

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 1266 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1959 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 nature or leisure-era documentary edits needing a quiet lake landscape from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show a simple lakeside view and heavy foliage, with the 1959 Florida context supported by metadata rather than visible signs or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects an unstaged home-movie pause on scenery, filmed from a shaded bank through nearby trees toward open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, distant treeline, grassy shoreline, leafy branches, dark vertical foreground trunks or posts, hazy sky and film-edge shadowing.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation and pink-purple color shift across the contact sheet.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, reflective transition, location-establishing insert or quiet memory beat within a Florida or mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The footage may show the kind of informal outdoor scenery commonly recorded in family travel or leisure films, without identifiable people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos or private property are visible, though copyright, location identification and broader usage rights should still be checked by the buyer.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Florida lake 8mm footage, vintage home movie lake view, mid-century nature cutaway and archival lakeside landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Florida 1959 material, then broader vintage lake, foliage and quiet nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Florida 8mm frame showing a calm lake beyond grass and foliage, seen through dark vertical foreground shapes. — A shaded lakeside view looks across still water toward a distant treeline.

1959 Florida home-movie frame of a lake and far wooded shore, partly framed by foliage and a dark foreground trunk or post. — Foliage and a dark foreground edge frame the lake and far shore.

1959 Florida 8mm view across a grassy lakeshore toward calm water and a soft distant treeline. — The lower frame emphasizes grass and brush before the lake opens into the distance.

1959 Florida frame showing a quiet lakeside landscape with green shoreline growth, distant trees and a muted film tint. — A calm lake sits behind shoreline greenery and silhouetted tree branches.

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