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Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1956: Storm Aftermath With Broken Windows And Debris

  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1956 Grand Rapids Michigan
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Storm Aftermath With Broken Windows And Debris — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956, capturing the aftermath of a severe storm. The grainy, color-bleached film shows residential homes with broken windows, scattered debris, and damaged structures. Bare trees and overgrown yards suggest recent destruction. The camera pans across the neighborhood, revealing a small shed, a house with a collapsed porch, and a white building with shattered windows. The footage, shot on 8mm film, has a nostalgic, archival quality with visible film grain and scratches, offering a raw look at mid-century American life after a natural disaster.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121494078

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • broken windows
  • trees
  • houses
  • water
  • aftermath
  • storm
  • broken
  • windows
  • debris
  • wind
  • blowing
  • buildings
  • landmarks
  • grand rapids michigan USA
  • 1956
  • 1956 storm aftermath
  • damaged homes
  • 8mm film
  • vintage home movie
  • mid-century America
  • natural disaster
  • residential damage
  • storm destruction
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • classic home movie
  • American nostalgia
  • 1950s footage
  • weather damage
  • film grain
  • vintage 8mm
  • Grand Rapids Michigan
  • historical footage
  • documentary clip
  • editorial use
  • old film
  • storm damage
  • nostalgic
  • 1950s
  • weather
  • destruction

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s American home-movie requests needing residential storm aftermath, damaged houses, broken windows, and neighborhood recovery details.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie view of distant residential buildings, bare trees, a small shed, and scattered debris after storm damage.
Residential storm aftermath with distant houses, bare trees, a small shed, and scattered debris.

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