San Diego California USA-1961: Older Man With Beard And Eyeglasses Walking Through Doorway

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Older Man With Beard And Eyeglasses Walking Through Doorway — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, 1961, showing an older man with a full beard and eyeglasses. Dressed in a dark suit and white collared shirt, he moves slowly through a doorway with white louvered shutters. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus capture the authentic look of mid-century amateur film. The man appears contemplative, glancing downward as he steps from shadow into light, offering a candid glimpse of everyday life in the early 1960s.

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: 120812352

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 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: 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

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 1960s U.S. home-movie sequences needing a brief candid shot of an older bearded man in formal dress moving through a doorway.
Period detail: The dark suit, white collared shirt, eyeglasses, louvered shutters, soft color, and 8mm texture support a mid-century domestic or social setting, with San Diego and 1961 supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears unstaged, moving slowly from a shadowed doorway while glancing down and briefly toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older bearded man, eyeglasses, a dark suit, white shirt collar, doorway, white louvered shutters, window panes, and soft shadowed interior space.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm color, soft focus, slight fade, uneven exposure, and a handheld framing that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, character cutaway, doorway transition, or quiet memory beat in a 1960s family or neighborhood sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents a modest everyday moment of an older adult in formal clothing at a doorway, without enough visual evidence to identify the building, occasion, or social event.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, while no brands or audible music are indicated in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 San Diego 8mm home movie older bearded man, vintage doorway portrait footage, and 1960s man in suit eyeglasses home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with San Diego or 1961 home-movie material, and then with broader 1960s adult family or doorway cutaway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 San Diego home-movie footage, an older bearded man with eyeglasses and a dark suit stands partly in shadow at a doorway with white louvered shutters. — Older man pauses in the doorway.

Man passes the shuttered doorway.

The older man with eyeglasses and a full beard looks downward as he moves beside the doorway and white shutters in soft 8mm color. — Man looks down while walking.

Near the doorway and shuttered window, the older bearded man in a dark suit turns partly toward the camera in the 1961 San Diego home-movie footage. — Man glances toward the camera.

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