Kew Gardens United Kingdom-1961: Fountain Spraying Across a Tree-Lined Garden Lake

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationKew Gardens, Greater London, United Kingdom
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 · Kew Gardens, Greater London, United Kingdom
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1961 · Ireland & Greater London · Reel e54b5ac4 contains 7 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

garden sightseeing
ornamental water
leisure
landscape
travel memory
nature in managed grounds

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · Eye-level view across the lake
Setting: outdoor · Landscaped garden lake bordered by mature deciduous trees
Time and weather: Daytime · Leaf-on season, likely late spring or summer · Partly cloudy
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright clouds and shaded foliage
People: 0 · No people are clearly distinguishable in the supplied frames.
Objects: fountain · lake · water spray · ripples · weeping tree · mature trees · grassy bank · clouds
Colors: blue · dark green · grey · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A wide view establishes the lake, fountain and leafy opposite bank.
The fountain's plume changes shape above the rippling surface.
The camera continues holding the garden view with slight handheld drift.

Fountain Spraying Across a Tree-Lined Garden Lake — Clip Details

Kew Gardens, Greater London, United Kingdom, circa 1961 home movie footage shows a fountain spraying over a broad garden lake. A weeping tree stands along the opposite bank, with taller leafy trees behind the drifting water and large white clouds overhead. The single wide shot holds much the same composition, with slight handheld movement as the spray changes shape and ripples spread across the dark surface.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004776

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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: 1961 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: Kew Gardens, Greater London, United Kingdom 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 1961 Kew garden view supports documentary requests for British sightseeing, ornamental landscapes and quiet leisure settings.
Period detail: Soft colour and small-gauge film texture convey an archival appearance, while the fountain and foliage offer no precise chronological markers.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor holds a broad waterside composition long enough to record the fountain's changing spray.
What appears in frame: The view contains a broad lake, a spraying fountain, surface ripples, a weeping tree, taller leafy canopies and white clouds.
Film character: Cool colour, soft detail, visible grain, passing dust and fine scratches accompany slight handheld drift in the projected-film capture.
Edit role: Use it as a brief garden establishing shot, a quiet cutaway or a transition within a sightseeing sequence.
Historical context: The landscaped water feature records the garden scenery encountered by a visitor, with Kew established by landmarks elsewhere in this section.
Research note: Film copyright is separate from any location or property permissions; no identifiable faces, readable logos or distinct sculptural artwork are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches for Kew Gardens lake fountains, British garden home movies and small-gauge sightseeing footage circa 1961.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's ornate urban architecture, then Kew garden views circa 1961, followed by other archival fountains and landscaped lakes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Kew Gardens, circa 1961: a wide lake view with fountain spray to the right, a weeping tree across the water and large white clouds. — Fountain spray rises above the lake beside mature trees.
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Fountain mist drifts across a tree-lined lake at Kew Gardens, circa 1961, with dark rippled water in the foreground. — Pale mist spreads against the shaded foliage.
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Kew Gardens lake fountain, circa 1961, showing a tall water jet, lower spray and a rounded green canopy beneath bright clouds. — A tall jet rises above lower streams across the water.
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A fountain fans over the lake at Kew Gardens, circa 1961, with dense green trees along the bank and white clouds overhead. — The garden lake remains framed by leafy trees and clouds.
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