St. Petersburg Florida-1972: Lettered Garden Sign Above a Rock Grotto With Red Footbridge

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationSt. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

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St. Petersburg Florida-1972: Lettered Garden Sign Above... — Clip Details

St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1972 home movie footage of the entrance feature at Sunken Gardens. Raised yellow-green letters spelling SUNKEN GARDENS sit on a rough rock face above a dark arched grotto. A red-railed footbridge crosses in front of the opening, with shrubs, a strip of still water and a bed of yellow flowers across the foreground. The single shot is held steady for about three seconds with only slight handheld drift.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shot
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000458

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Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for a named Florida garden attraction from the early 1970s, usable as an on-screen location marker in tourism and regional history productions.
Period detail: The hand-set raised lettering on rockwork and the saturated colour of the film stock suggest the 1960s to 1970s, and no vehicle or clothing appears in this shot to narrow it further.
Home-movie behavior: The filmmaker pauses on the name lettering the way vacation filmmakers often did, recording a title card for the stop before moving on to the animals.
What appears in frame: Yellow-green SUNKEN GARDENS lettering on a rough rock face, a dark arched grotto, a red-railed footbridge, green shrubs, a strip of still water and a bed of yellow flowers.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain and warm saturated greens, yellows and reds give the shot the texture of projected small-gauge amateur film, with a slight handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as a short establishing shot or title insert that names the location before garden, bird or flamingo footage.
Historical context: The shot records the garden's rock grotto and name lettering as a vacationer saw them, part of a Florida trip that also took in beaches and animal exhibits.
Research note: The attraction name is readable and the site is a named property, so trademark and property questions are separate from the film copyright and should be assessed for commercial use.
Research search match: Sunken Gardens sign home movie, 1970s St. Petersburg Florida attraction, vintage Florida garden grotto, old Florida tourism amateur film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the flamingo walk and scarlet macaw clips from the same reel, then the beachfront motel and cars-on-the-beach clips, then other 1970s Florida attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Sunken Gardens name lettering over the rock grotto in St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1972, with a red-railed footbridge and yellow flower bed. — The SUNKEN GARDENS lettering above the rock grotto, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1972.
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Circa 1972 home movie frame of the Sunken Gardens grotto in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its red footbridge, shrubs and pond edge. — A red-railed footbridge crosses in front of the grotto at Sunken Gardens, circa 1972.
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Weathered rockwork and name sign at Sunken Gardens, Florida, circa 1972, seen across a pond bordered by yellow blooms. — The grotto and name sign seen across the water and flower bed, circa 1972.
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Final frame of a steady circa 1972 shot of the Sunken Gardens sign and grotto in St. Petersburg, Florida, with flowers in the foreground. — The shot holds on the sign, grotto and flower bed to its end.
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