Detroit Michigan USA-1950: Meet Buddenbaum And Hooper On July 10 At A Lutheran

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Year1950
Decade1950s
LocationDetroit, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Meet Buddenbaum And Hooper On July 10 At A Lutheran — Clip Details

Close-up of a vintage 1950s typewritten wedding invitation for Elaine Buddenbaum and Bert Hooper at Edale Park Lutheran Church in Detroit, Michigan. The grainy 8mm film shows dark text on aged paper with visible film perforations and a bright light leak. The final frame reveals a blurry exterior shot of a church building with arched windows and brick construction, suggesting a summer daytime event. This authentic home movie footage captures the nostalgic atmosphere of a mid-century American wedding invitation and church setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120789079

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$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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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: Detroit, Michigan, 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 clip supports requests for 1950s Detroit home-movie inserts showing a typewritten wedding invitation and related church setting for documentary, museum, or educational use.
Period detail: The typewritten lettering, aged paper surface, 8mm frame edge, and Lutheran church reference are visible period clues consistent with the supplied 1950 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the intimate, informal feel of a family record preserving a wedding notice before briefly moving toward the associated church exterior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blurred typewritten names, wedding invitation text, aged paper, bright film perforations or light leaks, grain, and a partial church exterior in the final moment.
Film character: The scan shows pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, visible gate artifacts, and bright circular flare that give the clip clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wedding-history insert, title-detail cutaway, family-memory transition, or setup shot before broader church or ceremony footage.
Historical context: The invitation text and church reference place the material in a mid-century American religious wedding context, while the visible frames do not establish the ceremony itself.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the names on the invitation and church reference should still be reviewed for privacy, copyright, and property-identification concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Detroit wedding invitation 8mm, typewritten Lutheran church wedding home movie, Buddenbaum Hooper invitation footage, and mid-century church exterior family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Detroit or 1950-dated church and wedding material, then with broader mid-century family-event or religious-service clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm close-up of a typewritten wedding invitation for the supplied 1950 Detroit wedding context, partly obscured by a bright circular flare and heavy grain. — Typewritten invitation text with film flare.

Blurred close-up of the typewritten invitation text, with Buddenbaum, Hooper, Edale Park, and Lutheran Church partially readable in the supplied Detroit wedding footage. — Invitation text with names and church reference.

Soft 8mm frame of the typewritten invitation text, with Hooper and Edale Park Lutheran Church partly legible across aged paper. — Church location text on the invitation.

Soft closing frame of the typewritten wedding invitation, with Buddenbaum and Hooper partly visible and a bright circular flare over the paper surface. — Final invitation detail with bright flare.

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