Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1958: Man in Fedora and Glasses Stands by Green Car

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Michigan

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Man in Fedora and Glasses Stands by Green Car — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, showing a man in a black fedora and glasses standing beside a light green car. He wears a light-colored jacket with a collared shirt and holds a small object, smiling and looking toward the camera. The background features a red brick building with white-trimmed windows. The clip captures a candid, nostalgic moment with authentic film grain and color saturation typical of mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120809057

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing late-1950s American home-movie footage of an older man beside a car in a residential or institutional brick-building setting.
Period detail: The fedora, eyeglasses, light jacket, and two-tone green car may show mid-century dress and automobile style consistent with the supplied 1958 Grand Rapids metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man smiles toward the camera, holds a small object, and leans in with an informal, responsive presence typical of family-filmed 8mm footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man in a dark fedora and glasses, a light jacket, a green car, red brick walls, white-trimmed windows, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm texture with visible grain, modest focus drift, saturated color, and slight handheld movement that supports its home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief character insert, family-memory beat, or transitional cutaway for mid-century everyday life.
Historical context: The footage reflects a casual outdoor moment with an adult man and car in front of a brick building, without enough visible evidence to identify the building or occasion.
Research note: A recognizable face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, while no clear logos, children, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1958 Grand Rapids home movie, man in fedora by green car, older man glasses 8mm footage, and mid-century family film cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Grand Rapids material, then broader mid-century family, automobile, or street-side home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1958 Grand Rapids home-movie footage, an older man in a dark fedora, glasses, and light jacket stands near a green car with a red brick building behind him. — Man beside green car and brick building.

The man remains near the green car, holding a small object and facing the camera against the red brick building visible in the supplied Grand Rapids metadata. — Man holding small object near car.

The man leans forward toward the camera, bringing his face closer while the green car and red brick building remain in the background. — Man leaning toward the camera.

A closer handheld frame shows the man in fedora and glasses leaning into view, with the green car and brick building still partially visible behind him. — Closer view of man by car.

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