Dade County Florida-1955: Customers at Citrus Bodega and Horse Carriage

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

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Customers at Citrus Bodega and Horse Carriage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage footage captures a bustling roadside bodega in Dade County, Florida. Customers in period attire browse crates of fresh citrus, with a prominent 'Florida Grapefruit' poster on the wall. The scene transitions to a moving horse-drawn carriage passing palm trees, showcasing mid-century Americana. The film exhibits natural grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life and transportation in 1950s Florida.

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: 123385554

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: Yes
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 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: 1950s Florida home-movie footage for productions needing roadside citrus shopping, tourist street life, or horse-drawn carriage cutaways.
Period detail: Visible clues include period clothing, wooden produce crates, a Florida grapefruit poster, palm-lined streets, and mid-century cars near a horse carriage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal visitor-shot quality, observing shoppers at a citrus stand before shifting to a passing carriage on a sunny Florida street.
What appears in frame: Frames show citrus crates, adult shoppers, a grapefruit poster, palm trees, a horse-drawn carriage, street pavement, low buildings, and parked cars.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing consistent with mid-century home-movie scans.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert for Florida travel, a transition from market activity to street movement, or a memory beat for 1950s tourism.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday leisure and roadside commerce in Dade County, with citrus display imagery and carriage rides suggesting tourist-oriented street scenes.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and a Florida grapefruit poster appears; review likeness, trademark, and location context separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1955 Dade County Florida 8mm citrus stand, Florida grapefruit poster shoppers, Miami-area horse carriage home movie, and 1950s palm street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County Florida footage, then broader 1950s citrus, tourism, carriage, and palm-street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida frame showing adults near wooden citrus crates at a roadside stand with a Florida grapefruit poster visible. — Shoppers stand near crates of citrus at a Florida roadside produce stand.

1955 Dade County, Florida frame of adults in light clothing at a citrus stand, with crates and a Florida grapefruit poster in the background. — Customers gather beside citrus crates beneath a roadside stand roof.

1955 Dade County, Florida frame showing a horse-drawn carriage moving past palm trees, street pavement, and low roadside buildings. — A horse-drawn carriage moves through a palm-lined street scene.

1955 Dade County, Florida frame of a horse-drawn carriage beside palm trees, parked mid-century cars, and a low roadside building. — The carriage continues past parked cars and palms on a Florida street.

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