New York USA-1958: Group Of Older Women Standing In A Garden Enjoying Themselves

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

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Group Of Older Women Standing In A Garden Enjoying... — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1958: A group of older women in vintage 1950s dresses and cardigans gather in a lush garden, smiling and conversing. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures their joyful interactions among vibrant red flowers and green foliage. The warm, slightly faded colors and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, candid home movie feel, with natural light filtering through the trees. The women, dressed in conservative styles typical of the era, stand in a relaxed, social gathering, embodying a moment of community and leisure from mid-century America.

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: 123043094

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 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 older women socializing outdoors in a garden for documentary, museum, education, or editorial context.
Period detail: The dresses, cardigans, short hairstyles, and color 8mm look support a late-1950s domestic gathering, with the 1958 New York setting supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The group appears relaxed and informally posed, shifting between conversation and looking toward the camera in a familiar garden setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include older women, mid-century dresses and cardigans, red flowering shrubs, leafy garden plants, stone or brick exterior walls, and soft daylight.
Film character: The clip has a handheld 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, mild color fade, visible grain, and uneven exposure across sunlit foliage and faces.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, social-life insert, or cutaway for mid-century family, community, aging, or garden leisure sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests a private or neighborhood social moment among older women, without enough evidence to identify the occasion or individuals.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment; no logos, music, minors, or clear private interiors are apparent.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 New York 8mm home movie older women garden gathering, 1950s women socializing outdoors, and mid-century garden party footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 New York home movies, then related clips of women, gardens, flowers, and informal social gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older women in 1950s dresses and cardigans stand in a New York garden, with red flowers and leafy plants behind them. — Women gather outdoors in a garden, several facing the camera.

A garden gathering in 1958 New York shows women talking near red flowering shrubs, with one figure seen from behind. — Garden conversation continues among women near flowering plants.

Older women in mid-century clothing stand close together in a New York garden, framed by red flowers and foliage. — Women stand and talk beside bright red garden flowers.

A group of older women in 1950s clothing stand together in a New York garden, with leafy shrubs and a wall in the background. — Women pose loosely in the garden as others move in the background.

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