California USA-1954: Man in Wooded Clearing

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Man in Wooded Clearing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a man in a light-colored shirt standing in a grassy clearing surrounded by dense trees. The footage, filmed from a moving perspective, shows a natural woodland setting with dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy. The image exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and film scratches, evoking a nostalgic 1950s Americana feel. The man stands calmly, observing the wilderness, creating a quiet, reflective moment of everyday life in nature.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123375594

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1950s California 8mm home-movie material for edits needing a quiet nature cutaway with a visible adult figure in a wooded clearing.
Period detail: The light shirt, soft color response, and 8mm home-movie texture support a mid-1950s domestic travel or recreation setting, though no landmark or event is visible.
Home-movie behavior: An adult man appears to pause casually in a grassy clearing while the camera observes from a handheld home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: The frames show dense trees, tall grass, a shaded woodland edge, a light-shirted man, soft daylight, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The scan carries visible 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and small scratches that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, nature insert, or transition between broader travel, family, or outdoor recreation scenes.
Historical context: The clip suggests everyday mid-century leisure in a California natural setting without enough visible evidence to identify the exact site or activity.
Research note: A recognizable adult face may be present, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or private property are visible.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1950s California 8mm home movie, man in wooded clearing, vintage nature vignette, or mid-century outdoor family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 California material, then broader 1950s home-movie nature and outdoor cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 California 8mm frame showing dense trees and brush around a grassy clearing, with no person yet visible. — Trees and brush fill the opening view of the wooded clearing.

1954 California home-movie frame looking toward trees and brush at the edge of a grassy clearing. — The camera holds on the tree line and grass before the figure enters view.

1954 California 8mm frame with an adult man in a light shirt standing near dense trees in a grassy clearing. — A man stands in the clearing with trees and brush behind him.

1954 California home-movie frame showing an adult man in a light shirt beside a wooded grassy area. — The man remains near the wooded edge as the handheld frame shifts slightly.

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