Virginia USA-1958: Crowd At Train Yard With Lens Flare

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationVirginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Virginia

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Crowd At Train Yard With Lens Flare — Clip Details

Vintage 1958 home movie footage from Virginia USA showing a large crowd gathered at a train yard. Men and women in 1950s attire, many wearing hats, stand near railroad tracks with a freight train visible in the background. The scene captures a moment of public gathering, possibly a train arrival or event, with natural sunlight creating lens flare and a warm, yellowish tint typical of aged 8mm film. The footage exhibits grain, slight motion blur, and a nostalgic, documentary-style quality.

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: 120979135

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

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: 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: Virginia, 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 Virginia documentary requests needing a public crowd at a railroad yard or transportation-adjacent gathering.
Period detail: The visible dress, hats, rail yard setting, and supplied 1958 metadata support a late-1950s public gathering in Virginia.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as people cluster, watch, and wait near the tracks without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dense crowd, men in hats, women in dresses, rail tracks, a freight train, utility poles, and bright sun flare.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm color shift, grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and exposure flare consistent with aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century rail travel, public waiting, or civic gathering scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows a mixed adult crowd gathered near railroad equipment, suggesting public attention around a train-yard moment without confirming the event.
Research note: People and possible train markings are visible, so copyright, likeness, and brand identification should be reviewed separately before sensitive or commercial use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Virginia 8mm crowd, 1950s train yard gathering, vintage railroad spectators, or home movie public event footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby same-reel train-yard shots, then 1958 Virginia material, then broader 1950s crowd or railroad gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Virginia home-movie frame showing adults gathered near railroad tracks and a freight train, partly obscured by warm lens flare. — Adults cluster near railroad tracks as a freight train sits behind them.

1958 Virginia frame of adults in mid-century clothing gathered at a train yard, with freight cars and track materials visible behind them. — A large crowd stands close to the tracks with freight cars in the background.

Elevated 1958 Virginia home-movie view of adults packed near a rail yard, with track hardware, freight cars, and bright clothing visible. — The crowd fills the foreground while railroad equipment and cars frame the scene.

Late shot from the 1958 Virginia clip showing a dense adult crowd beside rail tracks, freight cars, and strong sunlight on aged 8mm film. — Adults continue to gather near the tracks as the train yard remains visible behind them.

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