Loma Isabel DE Torres Puerto Plata Province-1977: Fountain Spraying in an Oval Garden Pool Below a Stone Wall

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationLoma Isabel de Torres, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · Loma Isabel de Torres, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

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What is in this clip

Caribbean tourism
landscaped gardens
1970s travel
mountaintop attraction
water features
vacation memories
Super 8 home movies

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt · pan · high angle looking down
Setting: outdoor · Landscaped mountaintop garden with an oval ornamental pool, fountain, small trees, stone retaining wall, steps and a paved road
Time and weather: daytime · dry, hazy bright conditions
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight
People: 0 · No people visible
Landmarks: Loma Isabel de Torres summit gardens
Objects: fountain · tiered stone basin · oval pool · iron lamp post · stone retaining wall · stone steps · paved road · utility pole · small stone runnel
Colors: muted green · pale cream · grey-green water · warm yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Lawn and a small stone runnel lead the eye to the fountain in the oval pool.
The camera tilts up to reveal the retaining wall, steps and road above.
The fountain sprays from its tiered basin, framed by trees and a lamp post.
The shot settles on the pool and its curved stone wall.

Fountain Spraying in an Oval Garden Pool Below a Stone Wall — Clip Details

On the summit of Loma Isabel de Torres above Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, circa 1977 home movie footage shows an oval ornamental pool in the mountaintop gardens. A fountain throws a white column of water from a tiered stone basin while small trees and an iron lamp post stand along the curved rim. The handheld Super 8 camera looks down from a high vantage, tilting up from a lawn and a small stone runnel to the retaining wall, a stairway and a paved road above.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000820

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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: 1977 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: Loma Isabel de Torres, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic 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: Serves requests for 1970s Caribbean tourism imagery, giving a calm establishing or cutaway shot of a landscaped summit garden in Puerto Plata for documentary and travel productions.
Period detail: The warm Super 8 colour, the newly built stone terracing and the young plantings may show the summit gardens in the years soon after the 1975 cable-car opening.
Home-movie behavior: A holiday visitor pauses at the garden edge and films the fountain from above, recording the kind of scenic stop a tourist made after riding up the mountain.
What appears in frame: An oval pool with a fountain spraying from a tiered stone basin, small trees and an iron lamp post on its rim, a curved stone retaining wall, a short flight of steps and a paved road along the top.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with visible grain, soft focus and a warm yellow-green cast gives the shot a gentle, period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a quiet cutaway or transition within a summit sequence, or as a memory beat suggesting a relaxed Caribbean holiday.
Historical context: The gardens lay at the top of the Puerto Plata teleférico, which ran from July 1975 to June 2024, near a Christ statue reportedly erected in 1970 to attract visitors.
Research note: No people, logos or readable signs appear; copyright in the film rests with its source, and any designed garden or site features may carry separate property considerations, so check site permissions for sensitive commercial uses.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 'Super 8 Puerto Plata 1970s', 'Isabel de Torres gardens archival footage' or 'vintage Caribbean garden fountain home movie'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Christ statue on its domed base, the summit garden stairway and the red cable car over the forest, then other 1970s Puerto Plata footage, then vintage garden fountain clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Fountain pool in the summit gardens of Loma Isabel de Torres, Puerto Plata, seen over a lawn and stone runnel, circa 1977 — The shot opens over a lawn and stone runnel toward the fountain pool in the Isabel de Torres summit gardens, circa 1977.
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Camera tilts up to show the stone wall, steps and road above the summit garden fountain, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, circa 1977 — Tilting up, the camera reveals the curved retaining wall, steps and paved road above the pool.
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Fountain spraying from a tiered basin in the Isabel de Torres summit gardens, Dominican Republic, on circa 1977 Super 8 film — The fountain sprays from its tiered stone basin, framed by young trees and a lamp post.
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The shot settles on the fountain pool and stone wall in the Loma Isabel de Torres summit gardens, Puerto Plata, circa 1977 — The shot settles on the pool and its long stone wall, with the fountain still playing.
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