Milwaukee Wisconsin-1953: Woman Cleaning Gravestone in Cemetery

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

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Woman Cleaning Gravestone in Cemetery — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a solemn moment in a sun-dappled cemetery. A woman in a light blue patterned dress kneels on the grass, carefully cleaning a weathered gravestone with a cloth. The scene, filmed in natural daylight, shows other headstones in the background, including a larger monument. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, conveying a quiet, reflective mood of remembrance and care. This authentic archival clip offers a poignant glimpse into mid-century American family traditions and personal memory keeping.

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: 123357086

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

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: Supports 1950s American home-movie requests for cemetery remembrance, family mourning rituals, or a quiet archival insert about care for gravesites.
Period detail: The light patterned dress, color 8mm look, and upright cemetery monuments are consistent with the supplied 1953 Milwaukee home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged act of personal care as a woman kneels in the grass and cleans a gravestone by hand.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a kneeling woman, a tilted gravestone, grass, shaded trees, scattered headstones, and a larger monument in the background.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, modest color shift, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a reflective cutaway, memory beat, cemetery insert, or transition into family history and remembrance material.
Historical context: The scene shows private cemetery maintenance or visitation, offering visual context for mid-century family remembrance without identifying the deceased or occasion.
Research note: A visible adult face and cemetery markers may require likeness, privacy, and inscription review separate from copyright or footage licensing questions.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s 8mm cemetery visit, woman cleaning gravestone, Milwaukee home movie cemetery, and family remembrance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then Milwaukee or 1953 family footage, then broader cemetery, memorial, or remembrance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 Milwaukee home-movie footage, a woman kneels beside a tilted gravestone with other cemetery markers behind her. — A woman kneels in a cemetery while tending to a gravestone.

A woman in a light patterned dress reaches toward a gravestone in a Milwaukee cemetery, with monuments visible in the background. — The woman leans forward as she works near the base of the stone.

The home-movie frame shows the woman bending over a gravestone, surrounded by grass, shade, and several cemetery markers. — A close home-movie view captures the careful tending of the marker.

A woman kneels low by a gravestone in the cemetery, with dappled sunlight, headstones, and a larger monument behind her. — The clip ends with the woman still kneeling beside the grave marker.

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