Milwaukee Wisconsin-1953: Woman Cleaning And Fixing A Gravestone

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Wisconsin

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Woman Cleaning And Fixing A Gravestone — Clip Details

MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN-1953: A woman in a light blue patterned dress kneels to clean a gravestone in a sun-dappled cemetery, while another woman in a dark floral dress stands nearby. The 8mm home movie footage captures the quiet, reverent act of tending to a grave, with lush green grass and other headstones visible in the background. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading characteristic of vintage Super 8 footage from the 1950s, evoking a sense of personal memory and historical nostalgia.

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: 123357043

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1212 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1953 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: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing cemetery visitation, grave care, family remembrance, or quiet Midwestern memorial activity.
Period detail: The dresses, 8mm color stock, and cemetery setting support a 1953 Milwaukee home-movie context without identifying the specific cemetery or grave.
Home-movie behavior: The footage records an unstaged act of tending a gravestone, with one woman kneeling to clean or adjust it while another stands nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, a loose gravestone marker, upright monuments, grass, trees, sun patches, and nearby houses beyond the cemetery.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of personal family footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, cemetery cutaway, transition into family history, or insert for themes of mourning and caretaking.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century grave tending as a private family or community practice, with no visible ceremony or identifiable public event.
Research note: People and a grave marker are visible, so likeness, privacy, cemetery, and inscription review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm cemetery footage, Milwaukee grave care, woman cleaning gravestone, family memorial visit, and vintage home movie cemetery scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Milwaukee 1953 material, then other cemetery, family remembrance, or grave-tending scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Milwaukee home-movie frame showing two women in a cemetery, with one kneeling near a grave marker and monuments around them. — A woman kneels beside a gravestone while another stands nearby in a sunlit cemetery.

A woman in a light dress kneels to clean or adjust a gravestone in a Milwaukee cemetery, with another woman standing close by. — The kneeling woman works at the gravestone as another woman watches from beside her.

A closer 1953 Milwaukee cemetery view shows a woman kneeling in the grass and reaching toward a gravestone marker. — A woman kneels low in the grass, tending the marker at ground level.

The final frame shows the kneeling woman still working near the gravestone, with monuments and small markers across the grass. — The grave-tending continues beside scattered cemetery markers and a large monument base.

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