Virginia USA-1958: Businessmen Shaking Hands and Greeting

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

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Businessmen Shaking Hands and Greeting — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Virginia USA in 1958 shows two businessmen in dark suits and ties engaged in a formal greeting. The men stand in a dimly lit indoor setting, their faces partially illuminated against a black background. One man holds a drink while they converse and shake hands, capturing a moment of professional interaction. The grainy, low-light quality and film artifacts are characteristic of amateur 8mm footage from the late 1950s, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 120980483

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: 1958 Virginia 8mm footage helps satisfy archival requests for mid-century professional greetings, business socializing, or formal adult interaction inserts.
Period detail: Dark suits, narrow ties, white shirts, and indoor drink-holding may show late-1950s business or social-event dress in Virginia.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view of men conversing, greeting one another, and moving through a dim indoor social setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited adult men, ties, white shirts, a hand-held drink, handshake gestures, dark background space, and low indoor light.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense shadows, warm highlights, soft focus, visible grain, and brief handheld framing that add authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, transition, or memory beat for business etiquette, introductions, networking, or mid-century social formality.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects a formal adult gathering where men in suits exchange greetings, without enough evidence to identify the event or organization.
Research note: People and possible branded details require likeness and rights review; copyright status is separate from personal, venue, or trademark considerations.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s Virginia businessmen greeting, 8mm handshake footage, mid-century men in suits, and home movie business social event.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Virginia 1958 interiors, then similar 1950s business greetings, suits, drinks, or handshake scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Virginia home-movie frame showing suited men in low light during a formal conversation, with one man holding a drink. — Suited men converse in a dark indoor setting, one with a drink in hand.

1958 Virginia frame of two suited adult men facing one another in a dim indoor setting with strong shadow around them. — Two suited men face each other during a formal indoor greeting or conversation.

1958 Virginia 8mm frame with a close side view of adult men at a formal indoor gathering, including one light-colored jacket. — A close handheld view catches several men standing close together in low light.

1958 Virginia frame showing suited men in a dim room during a close greeting, with hands visible near the center foreground. — Men in formal dress appear to greet or shake hands in the dark indoor scene.

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