Albany New York-1955: Woman Fixes Her Hair As Camera Pans Out To Capture The

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationAlbany, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Fixes Her Hair As Camera Pans Out To Capture The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a quiet suburban scene in Albany, New York. The footage opens on a sun-dappled residential street with classic American homes and lush green lawns. A woman in a black top and patterned skirt adjusts her hair while standing with two others in a grassy yard. The camera then pans to reveal a wide view of a river flowing past a tree-lined shore, with a distant water tower and utility poles visible. The film exhibits natural grain, warm color tones, and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the mid-20th century.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123430817

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 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: Albany, New York, 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1950s Albany-area home-movie footage for documentary inserts on suburban visits, casual outdoor portraits, and riverside scenery.
Period detail: The clothing, parked cars, detached houses, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1950s residential setting, with a riverside view shown at the end.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause as adults stand in a yard and one woman fixes her hair while the camera drifts from people to landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in a grassy yard, leafy trees, detached homes, parked cars, a river, wooded hills, utility structures, and a distant tower.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight motion blur, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, suburban establishing insert, visitor-perspective transition, or cutaway from people to place.
Historical context: The scene records everyday leisure or visiting behavior in a residential riverside area without indicating a public event or formal ceremony.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property concerns should be assessed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Albany 8mm home movie, woman fixing hair outdoors, suburban yard footage, and river scenery with people.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family or travel scenes, then Albany or New York footage from 1956, then broader 1950s riverside home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A 1950s Albany-area home-movie frame shows houses, lawns, parked cars, and trees viewed from a shaded yard. — Tree-shaded residential view with houses and parked cars beyond the yard.

Three adults stand in a grassy Albany yard in 1950s home-movie footage, framed by trees and parked cars. — Adults standing together in a shaded yard near trees and parked cars.

A woman in sunglasses adjusts her hair in a 1950s Albany yard while two adults remain in the background. — Woman fixing her hair as the handheld camera holds on the small group.

The camera opens to a riverside view near Albany, showing water, trees, wooded hills, utility structures, and a distant tower. — Riverside landscape with wooded hills and industrial or utility structures in the distance.

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