Grand Rapids Michigan USA-1956: Old Damaged Grey Vehicle And Wooden Frame Of House Under Construction

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

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Old Damaged Grey Vehicle And Wooden Frame Of House Under... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956, showing a damaged grey classic car with a dented body and visible interior, followed by scenes of a house under construction with exposed wooden framing and concrete block walls. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic look of mid-century amateur archival footage. The sequence captures a moment of post-war suburban development and automotive life, with a nostalgic, documentary feel.

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: 121494172

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American home-movie inserts showing a damaged car and residential construction in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Period detail: The rounded automobile body, exposed wood framing, and concrete blockwork support a mid-1950s residential setting, with the 1956 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ordinary exterior details without staging, valuing casual documentation of a car and a house being built.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dented grey car, open framing, concrete block walls, door and window openings, pipes, a tank, and nearby parked vehicles.
Film character: The 8mm color footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild fading, exposure shifts, and handheld framing typical of amateur mid-century film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway for suburban building, postwar domestic life, vehicle damage, or a memory beat between family scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects everyday residential development and automobile presence in a Grand Rapids neighborhood, without identifying the specific property or owners.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1956 Grand Rapids 8mm home movie, damaged classic car, mid-century house construction, and exposed wooden framing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel material, then other 1956 Grand Rapids clips, then broader 1950s home construction or automobile cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a damaged grey car body with its side windows and steering wheel visible. — Close view of a dented grey car with visible interior details.

1956 Grand Rapids frame showing a house exterior under construction, with block wall, window opening, and debris or materials nearby. — A partially built wall with a window opening and construction material beside it.

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing exposed house framing, a large tank, and unfinished door and window openings. — Exposed framing and a large tank in an unfinished residential construction area.

1956 Grand Rapids frame showing exposed wooden framing, pipes, diagonal supports, and parked cars beyond the construction site. — Wood framing and utility pipes stand in front of parked cars in the distance.

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