United States-1955: Sunflower Arrangement With Candles, Award Card and a Bald Man's Face

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States

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What is in this clip

flower arranging
amateur competition
awards and recognition
domestic hobbies
late summer flowers
candlelight
post-war leisure

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static · eye level
Setting: indoor · Dark interior with a draped exhibit table, pale walls visible at both sides
Time and weather: night · late summer or early autumn
Lighting: Low artificial light with candle glow; heavily underexposed
People: 1 · One bald man's face, seen small and soft between two candles; it may be a framed portrait rather than a person present.
Objects: sunflowers · goldenrod · candles · glass bowl · award card · rosette ribbon · dark drapery
Colors: black · yellow · olive green · pale cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Wide view of the exhibit: sunflowers at upper left, award card below, a bald man's face between two candles at right.
The frame drifts slightly; the glass bowl and the light beside it glint above the card with its rosette.
The view holds on the full display as dust specks pass through the dark lower frame.

Sunflower Arrangement With Candles, Award Card and a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955 home movie footage shows a floral exhibit filmed indoors at night. Yellow sunflowers and goldenrod rise at the upper left above a small bright light and a glass bowl, with a white award card and dark rosette ribbon propped below. To the right, the face of a bald man, or possibly a framed portrait of him, appears between two tall candles against dark drapery, with pale walls on either side. The single wide shot is handheld and fairly steady, on grainy, underexposed 8mm colour film with a yellow-green cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000375

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$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Helps with requests for circa 1950s American hobby and flower-show material, as a short illustrative cutaway of an amateur floral exhibit with its award card.
Period detail: The typed entry card with a rosette ribbon and the candle-and-drapery staging may show mid-century flower-show practice, and the grainy colour 8mm stock fits the 1946–1964 window.
Home-movie behavior: The filmmaker records a whole exhibit in one held shot, the way a family member documents a prize entry they are proud of, without staging or direction.
What appears in frame: Yellow sunflowers and goldenrod at upper left, a glass bowl with a bright light beside it, a white award card with a dark rosette, two tall candles, a bald man's face and dark drapery between pale walls.
Film character: Underexposed standard 8mm colour with heavy grain, a yellow-green cast in the highlights, deep blacks, slight handheld drift and scattered dust specks.
Edit role: Works as a brief insert or memory beat, or as the wide view that sets up closer shots of the card and the flowers.
Historical context: The shot shows a floral arrangement presented with an award card and rosette, a form associated with amateur flower shows; the event, organiser and place are not identified.
Research note: The man is unidentified and may be a portrait; the card is unreadable, so likeness, any portrait artwork and the event's identity remain unconfirmed and separate from film copyright.
Research search match: 1950s flower show home movie, sunflower arrangement with candles, award card with rosette ribbon, low-light 8mm interior, vintage floral exhibit footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the award card close-up and the sunflower arrangement close-up from this reel, then with other circa 1950s American hobby or garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1955 8mm home movie frame from the United States: sunflower exhibit with award card, rosette and a bald man's face between candles. — Wide view of the floral exhibit at night: sunflowers, award card with rosette, and a bald man's face between two candles, circa 1955.
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Grainy 8mm frame, United States circa 1955: sunflowers over a glass bowl and award card, with a man's face lit beside a tall candle. — The glass bowl and a small light glint above the award card while a bald man's face shows between the candles.
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Low-light home movie frame of a likely flower-show entry in the United States, circa 1955, with sunflowers, card, candles and a man's face. — The handheld frame drifts slightly, keeping the sunflowers, card and candlelit face in view against dark drapery.
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Circa 1955 United States 8mm frame showing a sunflower display, award card and smiling bald man, with film dust visible in the dark areas. — Late in the shot the whole exhibit is still in frame, with film dust specks crossing the dark lower area.
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