Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1956: Driving Past Industrial Area With Trucks And Cranes

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Grand Rapids Michigan

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Driving Past Industrial Area With Trucks And Cranes — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, captured from a moving vehicle. The clip shows a first-person perspective of driving past an industrial area with large piles of gravel, metal railings, and factory structures. A red dump truck passes by in the first frame, followed by other classic cars and industrial cranes. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and motion blur, with a dark vignette framing the shot. The scene evokes mid-century American industrial life and suburban travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121493997

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1956 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s industrial road-view footage suited for documentary sequences about mid-century American manufacturing districts, urban edges, or everyday car travel.
Period detail: The older cars, roadside construction materials, cranes, and exposed industrial structures support a 1956 Grand Rapids home-movie context without identifying a specific plant or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged passenger-window view, recording what a family or traveler noticed while moving past an industrial area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include paved roadway, gravel piles, pipe racks, factory-like structures, cranes, parked or passing cars, and glimpses of the filming vehicle.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, gate-edge vignetting, color shift, grain, and motion blur from filming through a moving vehicle.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief transition, industrial cutaway, travel insert, or memory beat between broader city and labor-history material.
Historical context: The footage visually places everyday automobile travel beside heavy materials and industrial infrastructure in a mid-century Michigan urban setting.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable signs are apparent, but users should still review copyright status and any property or site-identification issues before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Grand Rapids industrial area, 8mm driving past factories, mid-century road footage, cranes and gravel piles, and Michigan home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1956 Grand Rapids scenes, then broader 1950s industry, road travel, or construction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids roadside view from a moving car, showing gravel piles, industrial structures, cranes, and part of the vehicle hood. — A moving car passes gravel piles and industrial structures along a paved road.

Passenger-side view of an industrial area in Grand Rapids, with pipe racks, cranes, gravel mounds, and a dark vehicle edge in frame. — Pipe racks and cranes line the roadside beyond mounded gravel.

1950s driving view in Grand Rapids, showing a classic car, gravel piles, and industrial pipework behind a roadside fence or railing. — A car moves past gravel piles and pipework in an industrial roadside setting.

Grand Rapids industrial roadside view with a light-colored car, crane boom, stacked materials, building walls, and an unreadable sign fragment. — A light-colored car passes stacked materials and a crane near industrial buildings.

Visually Similar Clips