Wisconsin USA-1958: Family Celebrating With A Barbecue In Backyard

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Family Celebrating With A Barbecue In Backyard — Clip Details

Vintage 1958 home movie footage from Wisconsin showing a family gathering outdoors for a barbecue. Men in button-down shirts and women in dresses serve food at a table covered with a white cloth, while others walk and mingle in a grassy backyard shaded by trees. The film has a classic 8mm aesthetic with natural color saturation and slight grain, capturing candid moments of mid-century American family life and summer celebration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 121500646

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: 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 1211 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: family picnic,water skiing,lake wisconsin
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1958 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: Wisconsin, 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 U.S. home-movie requests needing mid-century family barbecue, backyard gathering, or casual summer celebration footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: Visible dress, button-down shirts, outdoor serving table, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s domestic gathering, consistent with the supplied Wisconsin 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged family behavior as adults serve food, hold plates, walk through shade, and mingle around a backyard barbecue table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in shirts and dresses, plates of food, a white-covered table, shaded trees, lawn, folding chairs, and handheld backyard movement.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, slight grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for mid-century family life, summer meals, reunions, or domestic celebration sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows a social meal in a shaded Wisconsin backyard, offering visual context for informal postwar-era American family gatherings without identifying individuals.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or private interiors are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Wisconsin home movie barbecue, 1950s family backyard gathering, vintage 8mm outdoor meal, and mid-century American family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1958 family scenes, then broader 1950s backyard meals, reunions, and home-movie celebrations.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing adults mingling in a shaded backyard during a family barbecue. — Adults stand and move around a shaded backyard barbecue area.

A backyard serving table with adults holding plates during a 1958 Wisconsin family barbecue. — Food is served from a white-covered table during the outdoor gathering.

Man in a light shirt near a backyard food table, with other adults partly visible in shade. — A man stands beside the food table as guests continue to gather nearby.

Adults holding plates and serving food in a shaded Wisconsin backyard family barbecue scene. — Guests with plates cluster around the barbecue and serving area.

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