Novi Michigan-1961: Man Wearing Blue Shirt Picks Yellow Flowers On A Bright

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

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Man Wearing Blue Shirt Picks Yellow Flowers On A Bright — Clip Details

A man in a blue shirt and a woman in a blue dress tend to a vibrant garden of red, yellow, and black tulips on a sunny day in Novi, Michigan, 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures their hands gently picking flowers amidst lush green grass, with a soft, nostalgic quality and natural film grain. The scene evokes a peaceful, domestic moment from mid-century America, preserved as a classic home movie.

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: 127423029

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 domestic gardening, suburban leisure, or flower-picking cutaways for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, and metadata-supported 1961 Novi setting place the scene in early 1960s domestic outdoor life.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged garden moment as two adults handle tulips at close range, with attention on hands, flowers, and casual interaction rather than performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and yellow tulips, green lawn, adult hands, a blue shirt, a blue dress, dark film-frame edges, and sunlit garden growth.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and contact-print edge shadows that give it recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a gentle insert, memory beat, seasonal transition, or cutaway for mid-century family life and domestic garden sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows a quiet outdoor household activity in Novi, Michigan, reflecting home gardening and informal leisure without indicating a public event or named location.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, minors, music, or clearly identifiable private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness rights.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1961 8mm home movie gardening, Novi Michigan tulips, adults picking flowers, or mid-century suburban garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Novi or 1961 home-movie material, then broader 1960s gardening, flowers, and domestic leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Novi home-movie frame showing red tulips in a green lawn with an adult partly obscured behind the garden flowers. — Red tulips stand in the foreground as an adult tends the garden behind them.

1961 Novi garden frame with adult hands holding yellow tulips beside another adult in blue clothing on a bright lawn. — Hands gather yellow tulips while another adult stands close in the garden.

1961 Novi home-movie frame showing a woman in a blue dress close to red tulips and green lawn in a garden. — A woman in blue reaches toward tulips during a quiet garden moment.

1961 Novi garden frame with a woman in blue reaching toward red tulips, surrounded by lawn, stems, and low stones. — The woman reaches toward the tulips as the camera holds close to the garden bed.

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