Dade County Florida-1955: Woman in Plaid Dress by Classic Car

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

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Woman in Plaid Dress by Classic Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a purple plaid dress standing beside a classic two-tone car in Dade County, Florida. She holds a light-colored bag and appears to be preparing to leave, then turns back toward the vehicle. The scene unfolds in a suburban setting with houses and trees in the background, showcasing the authentic look of mid-century American life. The footage features natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic framing of a home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s daily life.

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: 123385793

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 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 documentary or educational requests needing mid-1950s Dade County home-movie material showing everyday travel, dress, and automobile presence.
Period detail: The two-tone rounded sedan, sleeveless plaid dress, and 8mm color stock support a 1950s domestic-travel setting without identifying a specific car make.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears casually aware of the camera as she stands by the car, turns, and handles a light-colored bag in an unstaged family-film moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a plaid dress, a light bag, a two-tone sedan, an open car area, roadside grass, trees, a distant road, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and contact-print edge darkness that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel-memory beat, suburban cutaway, or transition between family gathering and road footage.
Historical context: The scene visually places an adult woman and family car in a mid-century Florida suburban or roadside setting, with everyday mobility as the main social cue.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright status should be checked separately from subject clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Dade County Florida 8mm home movies, woman by classic car, mid-century family travel, and vintage roadside automobile footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1955 Dade County or Miami-area material, then with broader 1950s family travel and car scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County 8mm frame showing a woman in a plaid dress beside a two-tone sedan, viewed from behind. — Woman stands beside a two-tone car while holding a light-colored bag.

1955 Dade County frame with a woman in a plaid dress facing a two-tone sedan in a roadside setting. — Woman faces the car, partly turned away from the camera.

1955 Dade County 8mm still showing a woman turning toward the camera near a two-tone sedan with a bag in hand. — Woman turns back toward the camera beside the parked car.

1955 Dade County road view from a moving or parked car, with hood visible, trees to the side, and vehicles in the distance. — Roadside view over the car hood closes the brief travel scene.

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