Novi Michigan-1961: View Of Red Blooming Flowers And Green Grass On A Clear Day

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

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View Of Red Blooming Flowers And Green Grass On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched garden scene in Novi, Michigan. The footage features vibrant red and pink blooming flowers swaying gently in the breeze on a lush green lawn. In the background, a rustic stone wall and a small stone structure with a ceramic pot add character to the suburban landscape. The natural, handheld camera movement and soft focus create a nostalgic, authentic feel, evoking mid-century Americana and personal memories of a peaceful summer day.

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: 127422972

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 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: Supports requests for early-1960s suburban home-movie garden footage for documentary inserts, seasonal atmosphere, or domestic memory sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century residential garden setting, with stone landscaping, lawn, flower beds, and 8mm color home-movie framing as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged household viewpoint, lingering on flowers, grass, and garden stonework without performers or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and pink flowers, green lawn, low stone walls, small flower beds, shrubs, a windowed structure, dark frame edges, and a ceramic pot-like object.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld drift consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet garden cutaway, seasonal transition, domestic memory beat, or visual pause between family or neighborhood scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects a suburban outdoor domestic space in Novi, Michigan, emphasizing garden landscaping and leisure rather than public events or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Novi Michigan garden footage, 8mm suburban lawn flowers, vintage home movie flower bed, and 1960s backyard landscaping.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Novi 1961 exteriors, then broader 1960s home-movie garden and suburban yard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Novi, Michigan home-movie frame showing red and pink flowers, green grass, and stone garden features in soft focus. — Flowers stand in the foreground of a green lawn with stone garden landscaping beyond.

1961 Novi, Michigan garden view with grass, stone landscaping, shrubs, and dark contact-sheet frame divisions. — A lawn and stone garden wall fill the frame, with small plantings near the center.

1961 Novi, Michigan frame showing a low stone wall, small flower bed, green grass, and surrounding garden plants. — A low stone wall and small flower bed sit behind a broad stretch of lawn.

1961 Novi, Michigan home-movie frame with stone garden features, lawn, shrubs, and a round ceramic pot-like object. — Stonework and lawn are seen with a round pot-like object set above the garden wall.

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