Dade County Florida-1955: Three Men Unload Groceries From The Trunk Of Their Car

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

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Three Men Unload Groceries From The Trunk Of Their Car — Clip Details

DADE COUNTY FLORIDA-1955: Three men unload groceries from the trunk of a light-colored 1950s sedan in a sun-drenched parking lot. The men wear casual white t-shirts and jeans, typical of the era, as they handle a large watermelon and other items. The scene transitions to a market stall where a woman in a white cap and another in a red cap examine produce, including a watermelon, under a wooden awning. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures authentic mid-century American life with natural color and film grain.

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: 123385526

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Florida home-movie requests needing everyday car travel, grocery unloading, roadside shopping, or informal market activity.
Period detail: The light-colored 1950s sedan, casual white T-shirts, jeans, caps, and open-air produce stall support a mid-century setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves unstaged handling of groceries and produce, with people focused on practical errands rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an open car trunk, three men, a pale sedan, roadside trees, a market stall, two women, a man, and watermelons.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld framing, and uneven outdoor-to-shade exposure that read as home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century errands, food shopping, travel stops, or Florida domestic life.
Historical context: The clip shows ordinary social interaction around groceries and produce, suggesting everyday consumer routines in Dade County, Florida, in the 1950s.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s Florida home movie, Dade County grocery unloading, vintage car trunk watermelon, and open-air produce market footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Dade County 1955 material, then related 1950s grocery, market, car, and domestic errand scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 Dade County, Florida, three men unload items from the open trunk of a pale 1950s sedan near roadside trees. — Three men unload groceries from a sedan trunk in a sunlit parking area.

Three men continue unloading groceries from a light-colored 1950s sedan in Dade County, Florida, with trees and utility poles behind them. — Men handle groceries at the open trunk of a mid-century sedan.

At a shaded Dade County produce stall, two women and a man examine or handle produce, including a watermelon. — Shoppers and a vendor gather around produce under a market awning.

In the 1955 Florida market scene, a woman in a red cap holds produce near another woman and a man by a watermelon. — A woman in a red cap checks produce beside a watermelon at the stall.

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