Dayton Ohio USA-1958: Family Holidays With Nature

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDayton, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Family Holidays With Nature — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, capturing a family holiday by a lake. The clip opens with a close-up of a dark, textured surface—possibly a log or tree trunk—partially submerged in rippling water, with green grass visible at the edge. A light-colored wooden post stands in the foreground. The scene transitions to a blurry view through a window, then focuses on a weathered sign reading "MANOR ROOMS APARTMENT" with two figures in swimwear visible behind it, suggesting a resort or vacation setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from mid-century Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 120977520

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Dayton, Ohio, 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: Useful for 1950s American family-holiday or lakeside resort sequences needing brief real 8mm home-movie texture.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century vacation setting, with a weathered apartment-room sign, swimwear, lawn, palms, and soft color typical of 1950s home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged family-travel perspective, moving from close observation of water and wood to a distant glimpse of people outside lodging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling water, a light wooden post, grass, a blurred window or screen, a weathered lodging sign, lawn, palms, and two swimwear-clad figures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, color fading, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition between nature footage and family vacation lodging scenes.
Historical context: The frames suggest leisure travel or holiday lodging in the late 1950s, but the exact resort or property identity should be verified before specific claims.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and possible property-identification issues should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1958 8mm family holiday, Dayton Ohio home movie, lakeside vacation lodging, mid-century resort sign, and 1950s swimwear.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then Dayton or 1958 material, then broader family holiday, lake, lodging, and mid-century leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame showing rippling water, grass at the edge, and a pale wooden post in close-up. — Close view of rippling water, grass, and a pale wooden post.

Soft 1958 home-movie frame with water texture, grass, and a pale post partly obscured by dark film-frame edges. — Water and grass seen through a narrow, softly focused 8mm frame.

Blurred 8mm frame showing vertical window or screen lines, pale light, and dark film or structural edges. — A blurred view through vertical lines, likely a window or screen.

1958 home-movie frame with a weathered apartment-room sign, lawn, palms, and two swimwear-clad figures in the background. — Two figures stand behind a weathered lodging sign on a lawn.

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