Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1956: Abandoned House Under Renovation With Rexall Drugs Sign

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

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Abandoned House Under Renovation With Rexall Drugs Sign — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956, showing a dilapidated two-story house under renovation. Workers are on ladders and the roof, with a porch partially covered in white material. The scene includes a faded 'Dr. H. O. Yorks Chiropractor' sign and a 'Rexall Drugs' store sign, capturing a quiet, melancholic moment in a small American town. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blur, and a nostalgic, archival quality with muted colors and natural lighting.

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: 121494094

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 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American small-city footage needing a renovation, decline, or street-corner insert from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Period detail: Visible clues include older wood-frame houses, ladders, a parked mid-century car, a chiropractor sign, and a Rexall Drugs sign that support a mid-1950s setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a street-level home-movie position, lingering on workers, signage, and nearby buildings without staged action.
What appears in frame: Frames show a two-story house, ladders, roof workers, bare trees, a street signboard, a parked car, a Rexall Drugs hanging sign, and adjacent storefront facades.
Film character: The 8mm scan has muted color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, neighborhood transition, or memory beat for urban change, storefront signage, or postwar American streetscapes.
Historical context: The clip visually places renovation work and commercial signage within an ordinary Grand Rapids neighborhood scene, without enough detail to identify the exact address.
Research note: People and recognizable brand signage are visible, so clearance review should consider copyright separately from possible trademark, likeness, and location concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Grand Rapids 8mm footage, abandoned house renovation, Rexall Drugs sign, chiropractor sign, and mid-century American street scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Grand Rapids 1956 street material, then broader 1950s renovation or small-town commercial signage clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grand Rapids 1956 home-movie frame showing a weathered two-story house with ladders, workers, bare trees, and a street-facing porch. — Workers appear around a worn two-story house during exterior renovation.

Grand Rapids 1956 street view with a Dr. H. O. Yorks chiropractor sign, parked mid-century car, bare trees, and workers near a house. — A chiropractor sign stands by a quiet street near a parked car and renovation activity.

Close 1950s Grand Rapids frame of a hanging Rexall Drugs sign, rooflines, siding, and a small secondary sign on a storefront bracket. — A Rexall Drugs sign fills the foreground beside neighboring storefront surfaces.

Angled Grand Rapids 1956 frame showing the Rexall Drugs sign close to camera, with a metal bracket, building wall, and partial storefront details. — The camera passes close to the Rexall Drugs sign and its metal support bracket.

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