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Bok Tower Gardens Florida-1950: Camera Tilts Up a Gothic Carillon Tower Seen Across a Reflecting Pool

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  • Year1950
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationBok Tower Gardens, Florida, United States
  • Duration10s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1950 · Bok Tower Gardens, Florida, United States
  • StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1950 · The Alamo & Bok Tower Gardens · Reel 8e923ea7 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

  • landmark tourism
  • garden landscape
  • architecture
  • travel
  • reflection
  • Florida attractions
  • home movie travelogue
Shot type
wide
Camera
pan · tilt · handheld
Setting
outdoor · landscaped garden with a reflecting pool, lawn, palms and oaks around a Gothic stone carillon tower
Time and weather
day · spring · partly cloudy
Lighting
bright sun on the lawn with deep foliage shadow; the sky overexposed toward white, then cloudy and diffuse at the top of the tilt
People
0 · No people visible.
Landmarks
Bok Tower
Objects
stone tower · arched wooden door · narrow windows · carved upper ornament · reflecting pool · lawn
Colors
deep green · violet-blue · yellow-green · white
Master dimensions
3840 × 2160
Audio
Silent
Date confidence
Low
Location confidence
Medium

Moments in the footage

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  1. A still reflecting pool leads the eye to the stone base and arched door, framed by dark foliage.
  2. The camera drifts right, and palms and oaks frame the sunlit lawn and lower masonry.
  3. A slow tilt begins, climbing the pale stone shaft past narrow windows.
  4. The upper section with its carved ornament fills the frame against a cloudy sky, with a palm frond at left.

Camera Tilts Up a Gothic Carillon Tower Seen Across a... — Clip Details

Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida, circa 1950 home movie footage. The shot opens across a dark, still reflecting pool toward the stone base of the Gothic carillon, with its arched doorway and a sunlit lawn framed by dense palms and oaks. The camera drifts right, then tilts slowly up the pale stone face, past narrow windows, to the upper ornament against a cloudy sky. It is one continuous handheld 8mm move with soft focus and cool colour.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Wide shot
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
10s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
800001264

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.

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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
1950 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
Bok Tower Gardens, Florida, 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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Topics & Keywords

  • bok tower
  • carillon tower
  • gothic tower
  • reflecting pool
  • reflection
  • stone masonry
  • arched doorway
  • cabbage palms
  • oak trees
  • lawn
  • cloudy sky
  • garden landscape
  • landmark
  • tilt up
  • Bok Tower reflection pool
  • Bok Tower Gardens Florida USA
  • 1950
  • Bok Tower Gardens home movie
  • Singing Tower Lake Wales Florida
  • Bok Tower reflection pool 8mm
  • 1950s Florida tourist attraction footage
  • circa 1950 Florida home movie
  • Gothic carillon tower vintage film
  • 8mm color film Florida landmark
  • tilt up stone tower archival footage
  • vintage Florida garden attraction film
  • postwar American road trip home movie
  • reflecting pool palms vintage footage
  • mid-century Florida travel film
  • Lake Wales Florida archival footage
  • carillon tower against cloudy sky
  • amateur film of Florida landmark
  • 1950s vacation home movie South
  • Bok Tower vintage 8mm footage
  • Florida palms and oaks old film
  • historic garden tower establishing shot
  • small gauge film Florida tourism
  • landmark tourism
  • architecture
  • travel
  • florida attractions
  • home movie travelogue
  • 1950s home movie
  • stockfilm exclusive

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Answers requests for circa 1950 colour footage of a Florida garden landmark, usable as an establishing shot in travel, tourism or architecture histories.
Period detail
Nothing in the frame is datable on its own; the colour and stock match Alamo footage on the same reel, which may show a trip from around 1950.
Home-movie behavior
A visitor stands at the pool's edge, takes in the classic reflected view, then tilts up to show how tall the carillon is, the way a tourist shows off a landmark to family.
What appears in frame
A still dark reflecting pool, a sunlit strip of lawn, the stone base with an arched wooden door, narrow slit windows, cabbage palms and oaks, and the carved upper section against clouds.
Film character
8mm colour with soft focus, visible grain, a cool violet cast on the stone, a glowing yellow-green lawn and a handheld tilt that drifts slightly.
Edit role
Works as an establishing shot for a Florida segment, a transition between stops on a road trip, or a reveal of scale through the upward tilt.
Historical context
Bok Tower was dedicated on February 1, 1929, by President Calvin Coolidge, and this home movie shows the pool-reflection view it was designed for, seen by a visitor two decades later.
Research note
No people appear; the film's copyright sits with whoever holds rights to the home movie, and the tower's architecture and carved ornament stand on a privately operated site, so check property and commercial-use terms separately.
Research search match
Researchers would find it under searches like Bok Tower 8mm home movie, 1950s Florida landmark footage, Singing Tower Lake Wales vintage film, or carillon tower reflecting pool.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the Alamo chapel façade, Cenotaph, ALAMO bricks and azalea-garden shots from this reel, then other circa 1950 Florida attraction footage, then vintage Southern road-trip landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bok Tower's stone base and arched door reflected in the pool at Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida, circa 1950 8mm film

The reflecting pool leads to the carillon's base and arched door, framed by palms and oaks, circa 1950.

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Cabbage palms framing the lower stone shaft of the Gothic carillon above its reflection pool, Bok Tower Gardens, Florida, circa 1950

Palms frame the lower shaft and slit windows as the camera drifts right across the pool.

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Upward tilt along the Gothic carillon's stone shaft above palms, Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida, circa 1950 home movie

Midway through the tilt, the shaft rises above the treetops against a bright sky.

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Carved upper section of the Gothic carillon against cloudy sky, palm frond at left, Bok Tower Gardens, Florida, circa 1950 8mm

The tilt ends on the carved upper section against clouds, with a palm frond in the foreground.

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