Novi Michigan-1961: Woman Tending Yellow, White and Orange Tulips in Garden

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

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Woman Tending Yellow, White and Orange Tulips in Garden — Clip Details

A woman in a plaid shirt and dark pants tends to a vibrant garden of tulips in Novi, Michigan, 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her hands gently touching yellow, white, and orange tulips in a sun-drenched lawn. A stone wall stands in the background, and the natural, slightly grainy quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a strong sense of mid-century Americana and personal memory. The handheld camera follows her movements, creating an intimate, nostalgic view of a quiet moment in a suburban garden.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127422918

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 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

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 home-movie requests needing a quiet suburban garden cutaway with an adult tending colorful tulips in Novi, Michigan.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, dark slacks, lawn planting, and 8mm color stock may show an early-1960s domestic garden scene supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged hand movement as the woman bends toward individual tulips while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow, white, pink-orange tulips, green lawn, a woman in plaid shirt and dark pants, hands near stems, rocks or stone edging, and potted plants.
Film character: The scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, seasonal transition, domestic memory beat, or cutaway for gardening, spring, suburban life, or family archive sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of leisure gardening and domestic outdoor space in a mid-century Michigan home-movie context without identifying the person shown.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and personal rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Novi Michigan 8mm garden footage, woman tending tulips, mid-century home movie flowers, and suburban spring lawn cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Novi or 1961 Michigan clips, then broader home-movie scenes of gardens, flowers, lawns, and domestic leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Novi, Michigan home-movie footage, a woman in dark pants reaches toward yellow and pale tulips in a sunny garden. — A woman reaches toward yellow and pale tulips in a lawn garden.

The woman bends toward yellow and white tulips on a green lawn, with rocks and garden planting visible behind her. — The woman leans down among yellow and white tulips.

In the garden, the woman's hand reaches toward orange and pink tulips while yellow flowers stand nearby on the lawn. — A hand reaches down toward orange and pink tulips near yellow blooms.

The woman bends toward a pink-orange tulip in the Novi garden, with lawn, dark clothing, and background rocks visible. — The woman tends a pink-orange tulip in the garden lawn.

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