Hicksville New York-1954: Man Checks Mailbox In Front Of His Residence On

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Man Checks Mailbox In Front Of His Residence On — Clip Details

A young man in a white t-shirt and glasses checks his mailbox in front of a suburban home in Hicksville, New York, 1954. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures a quiet moment of daily life with natural daylight and authentic mid-century suburban details. The man leans into the mailbox, retrieves mail, and stands upright, his movements casual and unposed. The setting features a brick house, green lawn, and a classic metal mailbox on a wooden post. The footage exhibits the warm color palette and slight grain typical of vintage home movies from the 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: 123374367

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 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: Hicksville, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s suburban daily-life requests needing an exterior home-movie moment of a man checking a residential mailbox.
Period detail: The metal curbside mailbox, modest lawn, paved drive, and house exterior support a mid-century suburban setting in Hicksville, New York, per clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man moves casually and unposed as he leans into the mailbox, retrieves mail, and stands beside it in a quiet domestic routine.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in glasses and a light T-shirt, a gray metal mailbox, wooden post, red mailbox flag, lawn, driveway, tree trunks, and house exterior.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, domestic insert, neighborhood transition, or memory beat about ordinary suburban life.
Historical context: The clip shows a residential mail-checking routine and may help illustrate everyday postwar suburban rhythms without asserting broader social claims.
Research note: A visible adult face and residence exterior require likeness and property review separate from any copyright assessment of the film source.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm home movie mailbox, man checking mail, Hicksville New York suburb, residential street, and mid-century daily life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Hicksville or 1954 suburban exteriors, then broader home-mail and residential routine footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Hicksville, New York, a man in a light T-shirt bends toward a gray curbside mailbox outside a suburban residence. — A man leans into a residential mailbox beside a driveway and lawn.

A man with glasses stands beside an open metal mailbox in a 1954 Hicksville suburban exterior, with lawn and house behind him. — The man stands upright beside the mailbox after checking inside it.

The man reaches toward the red flag on a gray curbside mailbox in front of a Hicksville residence, with lawn and steps visible. — He reaches to the mailbox flag while standing near the curbside box.

A man in glasses looks down while resting his hand on an open curbside mailbox outside a Hicksville suburban home. — The man pauses with one hand on the mailbox during the brief home-movie shot.

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