Quebec Canada-1952: Couple In The Sun

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Canada

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Couple In The Sun — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a couple enjoying a sunny day in Quebec, Canada. A woman in a patterned sundress and glasses stands beside a shirtless man in a white cap, both smiling and interacting casually. The man adjusts his cap while the woman gestures playfully. The scene unfolds outdoors near a building with louvered windows, bathed in bright sunlight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation. Ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123332403

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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 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: Quebec, Canada 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: 1950s Quebec home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum sequences needing a brief outdoor couple portrait in bright sun.
Period detail: The patterned sundress, eyeglasses, white cap, and louvered building windows may show mid-century leisure clothing and casual travel styling.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal behavior as the woman smiles and gestures while the shirtless man stands beside her and adjusts his cap.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a patterned sundress, eyeglasses, a white cap, bare shoulders, strong sunlight, dark window shutters, and a stucco-like exterior wall.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, high-contrast sun exposure, and a handheld home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, vacation cutaway, or transition between family travel scenes from the same period.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for casual adult leisure and home-movie posing in Quebec in 1952 without identifying the people shown.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from likeness, privacy, and any location-related review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 Quebec couple home movie, 8mm sunny outdoor portrait, mid-century vacation adults, and vintage sunbathing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Quebec material, then broader 1950s leisure, travel, or couple footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 Quebec home-movie footage, a woman in a patterned sundress stands beside a shirtless man in a white cap outside a sunlit building. — A couple stands in bright sun outside a building with louvered windows.

The woman turns toward the shirtless man in a white cap as they stand outside a Quebec building in bright 1952 home-movie footage. — The woman looks across at the man as they stand near the shuttered windows.

The woman gestures casually while the man raises his hand to adjust his white cap in this 1952 Quebec outdoor home-movie frame. — The man reaches for his cap as the woman gestures beside him.

A smiling woman in glasses stands beside a shirtless man adjusting his white cap near louvered windows in 1952 Quebec footage. — The woman smiles while the man holds his cap in the sunlight.

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