Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1956: Pan Across An Open Field Including Old War Destruction

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

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Pan Across An Open Field Including Old War Destruction — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, in 1956, showing a desolate landscape of debris and destruction. The camera pans across an open field littered with wooden planks, broken structures, and scattered wreckage under an overcast sky. Bare trees stand amidst the ruins, and distant figures move through the debris, suggesting cleanup or assessment. A small tractor and a red truck appear in later frames, indicating recovery efforts. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural aging artifacts, capturing a somber, post-disaster atmosphere with a nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 121494164

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Grand Rapids or Midwest disaster-recovery edits needing home-movie views of an open field with scattered debris and cleanup activity.
Period detail: The bare trees, muted color 8mm stock, work clothes, small tractor, and open field setting may show mid-1950s recovery or assessment after local destruction.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged roadside or field-edge viewpoint, observing distant people moving through wreckage rather than presenting a formal news scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bare trees, broken lumber, scattered debris, distant figures, an open field, a small tractor, and a red truck or trailer.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld panning, faded color, gate edges, and visible grain give the clip the physical texture of amateur 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a somber cutaway, transition, or memory beat for post-damage landscapes, cleanup, or local-history sequences.
Historical context: The frames show a broad debris field and people apparently inspecting or clearing material, but the exact cause of the destruction is not identifiable from the footage alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from any privacy or property analysis.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s 8mm Grand Rapids debris field, Michigan home movie cleanup, vintage open field wreckage, and amateur disaster aftermath footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Grand Rapids 1956 material, then broader Midwest cleanup, storm aftermath, or debris-field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a debris-strewn open field, bare trees, and small distant figures moving through wreckage. — Bare trees and distant people appear across a debris-strewn field.

1956 Grand Rapids frame with broken material across an open field and a small tractor or machine near bare trees in the distance. — A small machine stands amid scattered wreckage and bare trees.

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie view of distant people and a small tractor among broken boards and scattered field debris. — Distant figures gather around debris and a small tractor.

1956 Grand Rapids frame showing a red truck or trailer, clustered distant people, and debris piles across an open field. — A red truck or trailer stands beyond groups of people and debris piles.

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