Albany New York-1955: Man Overly Excited As He Pulls Up To His New Home That He

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

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Man Overly Excited As He Pulls Up To His New Home That He — Clip Details

A man in a patterned shirt sits in a car, viewed from inside the vehicle as he drives through a wooded area. The scene transitions to a white suburban house with a brick chimney and manicured evergreen shrubs. Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this home movie captures a quiet moment of arrival, with soft focus and natural lighting. The footage shows slight motion blur and film grain, characteristic of vintage Super 8 home recordings. The mood is nostalgic and personal, evoking mid-century American domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123431017

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 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

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief domestic arrival, car-interior driving view, or suburban house exterior for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The white siding, brick chimney, evergreen shrubs, and car-interior view may show mid-century suburban domestic surroundings in the Albany, New York area.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the driver's animated presence and the quick reveal of a modest house exterior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man inside a car, wooded roadside views, car windows, a white house, brick chimney, front door, divided windows, and trimmed shrubs.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries strong grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, arrival insert, domestic transition, or cutaway from a personal narrative about buying or reaching home.
Historical context: The footage visually situates private family life around car travel and suburban housing without confirming the household, address, or purchase details from the frames alone.
Research note: A visible adult face and a recognizable house exterior suggest likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s 8mm home movie car arrival, Albany New York suburban house exterior, man driving home, or mid-century family footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Albany-area 1956 home movies, then with broader 1950s domestic arrival or suburban house themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A man sits at the wheel inside a dark car interior as trees pass outside, from 1950s Albany-area home-movie footage. — Driver seen in silhouette from inside the car with wooded scenery outside.

A patterned-shirted man drives through a wooded area, filmed from inside the car in 1950s Albany-area home-movie footage. — Man driving through a wooded area, framed by the car windows.

A white suburban house exterior with a brick chimney and trimmed shrubs appears in Albany-area home-movie footage from the 1950s. — White house exterior with brick chimney and manicured shrubs.

The camera holds on a white house with a brick chimney, front entry, windows, shrubs, and lawn in 1950s Albany-area footage. — House exterior held in soft focus with chimney, entry, windows, and shrubs.

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