New York USA-1958: Two Women Wave Goodbye To A Passing Driver In A Cool Car

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

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Two Women Wave Goodbye To A Passing Driver In A Cool Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a nostalgic moment in New York. Two women stand on a residential street, one waving goodbye as a classic American car drives past. The footage shows a light blue sedan and a dark blue station wagon, both typical of the era, with white-wall tires and chrome details. The women wear period-appropriate clothing, and the background features a brick building and lush green trees. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the late 1950s.

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: 123043169

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 residential street scenes, midcentury car culture, and documentary moments of informal farewells or neighborhood social life.
Period detail: The clip shows late-1950s clothing, white-wall tires, chrome-trimmed cars, and brick institutional or residential buildings that support the stated 1958 setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged exchange as women stand near parked cars and one waves toward someone leaving or passing by.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, a light blue sedan, a dark station wagon, tree shade, a brick building, sidewalks, lawns, and residential street traffic.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, uneven exposure, and mild color fading that give it recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, transitional street insert, or cutaway for midcentury family travel, departure, or neighborhood life.
Historical context: The footage reflects ordinary postwar street life and social gestures around automobiles without identifying the people, exact neighborhood, or building.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal or property rights.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1958 New York home movie, 1950s women waving goodbye, vintage American cars, residential street, and 8mm family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1958 street scenes, then broader 1950s car, farewell, and neighborhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New York street view with a dark station wagon, a light sedan edge, trees, and a brick building in the background. — Parked midcentury cars line a shaded street near a brick building.

1958 New York home-movie frame with a woman in a brown jacket facing the street and another adult partly visible at right. — Two adults stand near the curb as cars and a brick building appear beyond them.

1958 New York street scene showing a woman in a brown jacket beside a light blue sedan under tree shade. — A woman stands beside a light blue sedan on a residential street.

1958 New York home-movie frame of a woman waving beside a light blue sedan, with trees and parked cars behind her. — A woman waves goodbye beside a midcentury sedan.

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