Michigan-1959: Garden Fountain with Tiered Basins, Field and Trees

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 in Michigan

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Garden Fountain with Tiered Basins, Field and Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil garden fountain in Michigan. Water flows from a ceramic spout into a series of tiered, light-green basins set among dark rocks. The scene is framed by a wire fence, with a grassy field and leafless trees visible in the background under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful suburban atmosphere.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127712023

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 2228 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: howard black,
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: flint michigan
Date: 1959 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: 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 1950s Michigan home-movie requests needing a quiet park or garden fountain cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The clip may show a late-1950s landscaped public or residential garden setting, with a light-green tiered fountain, dark rock edging, metal fencing, open grass, and leafless trees.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the fountain from a visitor-like vantage point, holding on water movement and garden details rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a tiered green fountain, ceramic animal-like spout, flowing water, dark stones, metal fence rails, grass, bare trees, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and contact-sheet framing that give the scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway for parks, gardens, domestic leisure, or midcentury outdoor spaces.
Historical context: The scene reflects a maintained leisure landscape in Michigan, with ornamental water features and fenced greenery visible, but no specific park or landmark is identifiable from the frames.
Research note: No logos are visible, but people are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may still be needed alongside separate copyright and location-use assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm park fountain footage, vintage home movie garden water feature, midcentury outdoor leisure cutaway, and retro landscaped fountain scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 outdoor footage, then broader 1950s garden, park, fountain, and suburban leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a green tiered garden fountain, flowing water, dark rocks, metal fencing, grass, and bare trees. — Water pours from a ceramic spout into green fountain basins in a fenced outdoor garden setting.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame with a green ornamental fountain, rock edging, metal fence, grassy field, and leafless trees in bright light. — The fountain remains centered as water flows across the light-green basins near a fenced grassy area.

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing the lower fountain basins, water spill, dark stones, metal fence, grassy ground, and tree trunks. — A lower angle emphasizes the fountain basins and rockwork, with the fenced park landscape behind.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame of a green garden fountain with water, dark rock edging, metal rail fence, lawn, and leafless trees. — The final frame holds on the fountain and surrounding rocks against the fenced green field and trees.

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