New York-1940: Magenta-and-Cream Flower Overlapping a Garden View

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 · New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

ornamental gardening
floral detail
amateur filmmaking
overlapping imagery
garden observation
color and pattern

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · Approximately level with the flower head
Setting: outdoor · Landscaped garden with lawn, flower beds, foliage and a small building
Time and weather: Daytime · Growing season; exact season indeterminate · No precipitation visible
Lighting: Natural daylight with uneven brightness across overlapping exposures
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: large bicolored flower · layered petals · flower beds · lawn · leaves · small light-colored building
Colors: magenta · cream · dark red · green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A magenta-and-cream bloom fills the frame over a wider garden view.
Pale petal tips surround the dark, tightly layered center.
The framing drifts slightly as flower beds remain visible across the bloom.
The shot continues with the rounded flower above the overlapping lawn.

Magenta-and-Cream Flower Overlapping a Garden View — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1940 home movie footage shows a rounded magenta-and-cream bloom superimposed over a wider garden view. Dense layers of pale-tipped petals fill most of the frame, while lawn, flower beds and a small light-colored building remain visible through and around the blossom. The single close-up holds with slight framing drift, and the overlapping exposures combine floral detail with the surrounding landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002957

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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: 1940 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: New York, 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: This circa 1940 American garden close-up serves documentary requests for ornamental flowers, amateur color filmmaking and visibly overlapping exposures.
Period detail: The soft color rendering and layered exposures may show characteristics of early amateur color film, but the garden contains no object that fixes a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The sustained close framing reflects a camera operator pausing to record a bloom's contrasting petals.
What appears in frame: A rounded magenta-and-cream bloom overlaps green lawn, bands of smaller flowers, broad leaves and a small light-colored building.
Film character: Visible grain, soft focus, slight framing drift and overlapping exposures create a layered projected-film texture.
Edit role: Use the shot as a floral insert, a garden cutaway or a brief transition built around the overlapping imagery.
Historical context: The close study of an ornamental bloom records garden observation, while the wider exposure retains part of the landscaped setting.
Research note: No people, logos or distinct artworks are visible; the building and grounds are unidentified, and copyright licensing does not establish property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1940 American garden home movies, bicolored flower close-ups and small-gauge footage with overlapping exposures.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's White blossom close-up and Sculptural garden fountain, then provisionally related New York garden material circa 1940, followed by other archival floral studies.

Still Frames From This Clip

United States, circa 1940: a magenta-and-cream bloom dominates an overlapping garden view, with a small pale building at upper left. — Pale-tipped petals surround the dark center of a bloom layered over a garden scene.
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United States, circa 1940: dense magenta petals with cream tips fill the frame while smaller garden flowers cross the lower bloom. — The large bicolored flower remains centered against overlapping lawn and planting.
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United States, circa 1940: a large layered bloom sits lower in the composition, overlapping flower beds beneath a leafy garden background. — Bands of smaller flowers remain visible across the lower half of the enlarged blossom.
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United States, circa 1940: the pale-tipped magenta bloom holds over an overlapping garden view with lawn below and foliage behind. — The final sampled view preserves the rounded bloom and the wider garden layer.
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