Novi Michigan-1961: Daddy Examines Tulips In Garden

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

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Daddy Examines Tulips In Garden — Clip Details

A man in a plaid shirt and dark pants bends over a garden bed in Novi, Michigan, in 1961, carefully examining vibrant red and white tulips. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet spring moment with natural light and soft focus, showing the man's hands gently touching the flowers. The lush green lawn and surrounding foliage create a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere, characteristic of a vintage home movie from the early 1960s.

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: 127422959

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: 1960s Michigan home-movie garden footage for productions needing a quiet domestic spring insert or family-life cutaway.
Period detail: The plaid short-sleeve shirt, dark trousers, lawn setting, and 8mm color texture support an early-1960s home-garden scene.
Home-movie behavior: An adult man bends close to tulips and handles the stems gently, giving the clip an unstaged family-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a plaid shirt, dark pants, red and white tulips, yellow flowers, green lawn, garden foliage, and tree shade.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and visible frame-edge darkness typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a springtime cutaway, domestic memory beat, or transitional insert between family and garden scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private suburban yard or garden activity in Novi, Michigan, without showing identifiable public landmarks or events.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property considerations should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Novi Michigan home movie garden, 8mm tulips in yard, father examining flowers, and 1960s spring family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Novi 1961 family footage, then broader 1960s garden and spring home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Novi, Michigan, a man in a plaid shirt leans toward red and white tulips in a sunlit garden. — A man bends over tulips growing in a green lawn area.

A man reaches toward red tulips in a Novi, Michigan garden, with lawn and shrubs behind him. — Hands move near red tulips in the garden bed.

Tulip stems and red blossoms fill the foreground while the man remains partly visible in the 1961 garden footage. — Tulips dominate the frame as the man stands behind them.

Soft 8mm footage shows tall tulip stems, yellow flowers, and the man's dark clothing in the Novi garden. — Soft-focus tulip stems and yellow flowers fill the garden foreground.

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