Quebec Canada-1952: Shirtless Elderly Man Standing Near Yellow Flowers Covering Eyes

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

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Shirtless Elderly Man Standing Near Yellow Flowers... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures an elderly shirtless man standing outdoors in Quebec, Canada. He wears glasses and stands near a lush green plant with bright yellow flowers, shielding his eyes from the sun with his hand. The footage shows natural movement as he looks around, with warm sunlight highlighting his skin and the surrounding foliage. The grainy texture and color palette are characteristic of mid-century home movies, offering authentic archival footage of everyday life in the 1950s.

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: 123332453

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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing an informal outdoor portrait of an older man in Quebec for documentary, museum, education, or editorial family-life sequences.
Period detail: The 8mm color, eyeglasses, sunlit garden setting, and casual shirtless pose may show mid-century leisure or family filming rather than a staged portrait.
Home-movie behavior: The man reacts naturally to the camera and bright sun, looking around, gesturing, and shading his eyes in an unstaged family-film moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older shirtless man, eyeglasses, yellow flowers, dense green leaves, a pale wall, strong sunlight, shadow bands, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, mild exposure shifts, and a handheld home-movie feel that supports its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short personal-memory insert, family-life cutaway, sunny outdoor transition, or human-scale beat in a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small domestic or leisure glimpse of an older adult outdoors, with the surrounding flowering plant and wall giving context without identifying the property.
Research note: A recognizable face is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos, children, or audible music are indicated, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 Quebec 8mm home movie, older man outdoors, shirtless man in sunlight, yellow flowers, and mid-century family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Quebec material, then broader 1950s home-movie scenes of older adults, gardens, and outdoor family life.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Quebec 8mm frame of an older shirtless man with glasses standing outdoors beside yellow flowers and green foliage. — Older man in glasses stands shirtless near a flowering plant in strong sun.

1952 Quebec home-movie frame showing an older shirtless man raising his hand to block the sun near yellow flowers. — The man shields his eyes from the sunlight while standing by the flowers.

Side view of the man standing near the plant and wall.

1952 Quebec home-movie frame with an older shirtless man facing the camera near sunlit foliage and yellow flowers. — The man faces the camera as sunlight falls across the garden wall and leaves.

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