Burbank California-1961: Bird of Paradise Flowers in a Sunlit Garden

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Bird of Paradise Flowers in a Sunlit Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched garden scene in Burbank, California. Lush green hedges and vibrant bird of paradise flowers dominate the foreground, with a white house and palm trees visible in the background. The footage exhibits warm, slightly faded color tones and natural film grain, conveying a nostalgic, mid-century American suburban atmosphere. The camera moves slowly through the landscape, offering a personal, intimate view of a well-kept residential garden.

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: 127403633

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: Burbank, California, 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 1960s Southern California suburban garden b-roll, residential atmosphere, or mid-century home-movie cutaways in documentary and commercial edits.
Period detail: The 1961 8mm footage may show a well-kept Burbank garden with bird of paradise plants, clipped hedges, palms, a stucco wall, and a white house in the distance.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the garden slowly from a casual home-movie viewpoint, valuing the quiet domestic landscape rather than a staged event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bird of paradise flowers, dense green hedges, a sidewalk, lawn, tall trees, palms, a pale wall, blue sky, and a distant white house.
Film character: The scan carries warm faded color, visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and gate-edge darkness that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, location transition, or establishing cutaway for suburban California life in the early 1960s.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for mid-century residential landscaping and ornamental planting in Southern California without showing people or a public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any property-related release questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm Burbank garden footage, Southern California home movie landscaping, bird of paradise flowers, and mid-century suburban exterior b-roll.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Burbank or 1961 California material, then with home-movie garden and suburban exterior themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Burbank 8mm frame showing a sunlit garden with bird of paradise flowers, hedges, a path, lawn, trees, and a distant white house. — Bird of paradise plants and clipped greenery line a sunlit residential garden view.

1961 Burbank garden frame with bird of paradise plants, dense shrubs, a pale wall, tall trees, and blue sky in soft 8mm color. — Dense flowering plants sit against a pale garden wall beneath tall trees.

1961 Burbank 8mm frame showing bird of paradise plants and hedges in a shaded garden area with lawn, trees, and a pale wall. — The camera moves closer to the garden planting, where foliage falls into deeper shadow.

1961 Burbank garden frame with backlit bird of paradise plants near a pale wall, low lawn, trees, blue sky, and warm exposure flare. — Warm flare washes over the flowering plants and wall near the end of the garden shot.

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