New York USA-1958: The Garden Of Our House Is Very Beautiful This Early Spring

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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The Garden Of Our House Is Very Beautiful This Early Spring — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sun-dappled suburban backyard in New York. A white pedestal birdbath stands in the foreground of a lush green lawn, surrounded by blooming pink tulips. A small white dog wanders the yard near a stone path leading to a dark brick house with white-trimmed windows. The camera pans slowly, revealing more of the property, including a tipped-over white lawn chair and a large tree providing shade. The footage has a warm, nostalgic quality with natural film grain and soft focus, evoking a peaceful spring day.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123042823

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
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: New York, 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 New York home-movie requests needing a quiet suburban garden, backyard, or domestic exterior cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century residential landscaping, with a white birdbath, stone path, dark brick house, lawn furniture, tulips, and white-trimmed windows.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the yard from an informal household viewpoint, lingering on spring growth and a small dog rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green lawn, white pedestal birdbath, pink tulips, stone path, dark brick house, white-trimmed porch, tipped lawn chair, trees, and shrubs.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld panning that preserve the texture of a short home-movie fragment.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic exterior insert, springtime transition, neighborhood memory beat, or quiet cutaway between family scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects a residential outdoor space in late-1950s New York, emphasizing home landscaping, leisure furniture, and seasonal garden care.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are visible or audible, but the house and yard should still be reviewed for property and copyright considerations.
Research search match: Searches for 1958 8mm New York backyard, 1950s suburban garden home movie, spring lawn birdbath footage, or vintage house exterior may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1958 residential footage, and then with broader 1950s spring garden or home exterior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New York home-movie frame showing a shaded green yard with a white birdbath, pink tulips, stone path, and dark brick house. — A white birdbath stands near tulips on a green lawn in front of a shaded residential house.

1958 New York yard scene with a small white dog near a stone path, trees, shrubs, and a tipped white lawn chair by the house. — A small white dog stands in the yard near the path, with a tipped lawn chair farther back.

Home-movie view of a 1958 New York residential garden with a white-trimmed porch, trees, shrubs, lawn, and tipped chair. — The camera pans across the shaded yard toward a white-trimmed porch and lawn furniture.

1958 New York residential yard frame with shaded grass, dense shrubs, tree branches, white porch trim, and a partially visible lawn chair. — A shaded portion of the garden shows shrubs and porch details as the pan reaches the house front.

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