Dade County Florida-1955: Man In 1950s Shirt Closes Car Door Near Water

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationDade, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man In 1950s Shirt Closes Car Door Near Water — Clip Details

DADE COUNTY FLORIDA-1955: A man in a patterned short-sleeve shirt and dark trousers stands beside a vintage white and blue automobile, closing the driver's door. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched outdoor setting, likely near a coastal area, with a wide expanse of water and distant greenery visible in the background. The footage, captured on 8mm film, shows natural motion blur and the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies. The man, wearing sunglasses, appears to be preparing to drive or has just arrived, embodying a moment of everyday life from the 1950s. The shot is framed by the dark borders of the film strip, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

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: 123381707

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 1573 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1955 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: Dade, Florida, 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: Useful for 1950s Florida home-movie requests needing an everyday roadside or waterfront automobile moment with an adult man and mid-century travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip shows a two-tone 1950s automobile, short-sleeve patterned shirt, sunglasses, and dark trousers, with Dade County, Florida and 1955 supported by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged personal travel moment as a man stands beside a car near water and appears to close or move away from the driver's door.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in sunglasses, a white and blue vintage car, an open or closing door, water, distant low greenery, bright sky, roadside ground, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, color fading, motion blur, and contact-sheet borders consistent with mid-century home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, arrival beat, or cutaway for 1950s Florida leisure, family travel, or automobile-era storytelling.
Historical context: The scene suggests mid-century personal mobility and waterfront leisure in South Florida without identifying a specific landmark, event, or named individual.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, while no logos, children, audible music, or clear private property are apparent from the supplied metadata and frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Dade County Florida 8mm home movie, man by vintage car near water, 1950s automobile travel footage, and South Florida waterfront home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County footage, then broader 1950s Florida travel, cars, waterfront, and family home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida home-movie frame showing water, low distant greenery, cloudy sky, and dark 8mm frame borders. — Waterfront landscape seen from a roadside or overlook before the car sequence.

Adult man in sunglasses stands by a white and blue 1950s car near water in Dade County, Florida, with the driver's door open. — Man stands beside the open door of a two-tone vintage automobile near the water.

Motion-blurred 8mm frame of the man beside the white and blue car as he moves near the driver's side in 1955 Dade County footage. — Motion blur catches the man moving beside the car during the brief door action.

Adult man in a patterned shirt and sunglasses stands beside a white and blue 1950s automobile near open sky and water in Dade County, Florida. — Man pauses beside the rear portion of the two-tone car in a bright waterfront setting.

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