United States-1955: Close-Up of a Sunflower and Goldenrod Arrangement at Night

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

flower arranging
late summer flowers
flower show
domestic hobbies
mid-century home life
amateur filmmaking
display and exhibition

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · tilt · pan · eye level
Setting: indoor · dark interior with a floral display
Time and weather: night · late summer or early autumn
Lighting: low artificial light on the flowers with a near-black background
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Objects: sunflowers · goldenrod · green foliage · pale card or panel edge · glinting light at the base
Colors: yellow · olive green · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two large yellow sunflowers and goldenrod sprays fill the frame against a dark background.
The camera drifts and reframes, showing more blooms higher in the arrangement.
A pale card or panel edge enters the left side of the frame.
The camera tilts down and a bright glint of light appears at the base of the flowers.

Close-Up of a Sunflower and Goldenrod Arrangement at Night — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955 home movie footage shows a tall arrangement of yellow sunflowers and feathery goldenrod against a dark background at night. The camera holds close on the blooms, then drifts and tilts down the display, bringing the pale edge of a card or panel into the left of the frame. A small bright point of light glints at the base of the arrangement near the end. It is filmed handheld on 8mm colour film with heavy grain and a yellow-green cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upInteriorHandheldNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000374

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: It suits requests for circa 1955 American home-movie detail of flower arranging or a flower-show entry, for use as a period cutaway.
Period detail: The grainy yellow-green standard 8mm colour stock fits the 1950s, and the formal tall arrangement may show a flower-show or garden-club entry.
Home-movie behavior: The filmmaker moves in close and lingers on the blooms, recording a display someone was clearly proud of.
What appears in frame: Large yellow sunflowers with dark centres, feathery goldenrod sprays, green foliage, a near-black background, a pale card or panel edge at left and a bright glint at the base.
Film character: Heavy grain, soft focus, a yellow-green cast and handheld drift give it the texture of low-light 8mm colour film.
Edit role: It works as a short insert or memory beat, and as a colour accent between darker interior shots.
Historical context: Home movies of this period often recorded prized household displays, and this one preserves a late-summer floral entry seen with an award card elsewhere on the reel.
Research note: No people, logos or readable text appear; copyright in the film is separate from any property interest in the unidentified interior, and the place and year are estimates.
Research search match: 1950s sunflower arrangement home movie, vintage 8mm flowers at night, mid-century flower show footage, grainy colour film of cut flowers.
Archive pairing path: Run it alongside the award card and rosette clip and the wider candlelit view including the portrait from this reel, then other 1950s flower-show or garden-club home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close view of yellow sunflowers and goldenrod in a floral arrangement at night, United States, circa 1955, on grainy 8mm film. — Sunflowers and goldenrod fill the frame at the start of the shot, circa 1955.
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Upper part of a sunflower and goldenrod arrangement in a dark interior, United States, circa 1955, 8mm home movie. — The camera drifts to show the upper blooms of the arrangement.
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Sunflower display beside a pale card or panel edge, with a glint of light below, United States, circa 1955, 8mm film. — A pale card or panel edge enters at left as the camera tilts down the flowers.
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Lower blooms of a sunflower and goldenrod arrangement with a bright light point at the base, United States, circa 1955. — The shot ends on the lower blooms and a bright point of light at the base.
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