Novi Michigan-1961: Man Tending Multicolored Tulips in Front Yard

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationNovi, Michigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Michigan

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Man Tending Multicolored Tulips in Front Yard — Clip Details

A man tends to a vibrant flower bed in a sun-drenched suburban yard, captured on 8mm film in 1961. He bends over a colorful array of tulips—yellow, red, and white—amidst a lush green lawn bordered by a rustic split-rail fence. The scene, viewed through a window frame, shows a classic American home in the background, with trees and a stone pathway completing the nostalgic, mid-century domestic landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127422887

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 2015 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,linda communion,,d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1961-1962
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan,
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: Novi, Michigan, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 suburban home-movie footage for edits needing a quiet domestic gardening scene in a Midwestern front yard.
Period detail: The split-rail fence, small front lawn, tulip bed, and modest house may show early-1960s suburban residential landscaping.
Home-movie behavior: An adult man bends and tends flowers in an unposed front-yard moment filmed from behind a window or door frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man, tulips, lawn, sidewalk edge, split-rail fence, trees, a house, and a stone garden border.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and a framed-through-window look typical of home-movie filming.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, domestic insert, seasonal transition, or memory beat about yard care and suburban home life.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary residential gardening and lawn care as seen in family-shot footage from Novi, Michigan in 1961.
Research note: An adult face and residential setting are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property-context review may still be needed beyond copyright checks.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Novi Michigan home movie, 8mm suburban gardening, man tending tulips, and early 1960s front yard footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family garden scenes, then Novi or Michigan 1961 exteriors, then broader suburban gardening and spring flower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Novi, Michigan in 1961, a man tends red, white, and yellow tulips in a suburban yard seen through a dark frame. — A man works in a front-yard tulip bed bordered by lawn and a split-rail fence.

The 1961 home-movie frame shows a man in a Novi yard leaning over tulips beside grass, trees, and a low fence. — The gardener pauses over yellow and white tulips in the sunlit yard.

A man in 1961 Novi, Michigan reaches across a front-yard flower bed with tulips, lawn, trees, and a house in view. — The man reaches into the tulip bed as the yard and house remain in the background.

In the 1961 Novi yard scene, a man tends tulips while a distant seated figure is visible near a stone-bordered area. — The gardener bends over the flowers with a second distant person visible deeper in the yard.

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