Albany New York-1955: A White Suburban House With Green Grass On A Sunny Day

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

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A White Suburban House With Green Grass On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a white suburban house in Albany, New York, on a bright sunny day. The footage shows the exterior of a modest single-story home with white siding, a gray roof, and a front porch with a screen door. Lush green grass and neatly trimmed bushes surround the property, with a tall evergreen tree visible on the right. The camera remains mostly static with slight handheld movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American domestic life. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of 8mm home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123431105

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1950s Albany-area residential exterior footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a quiet suburban domestic cutaway.
Period detail: The white clapboard siding, screen door, small lawn, clipped shrubs, and modest one-story form may show mid-century suburban house details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, with the camera lingering from the sidewalk or yard rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white house, gray roof, screen door, multi-pane windows, lawn, shrubs, sidewalk, and neighboring homes.
Film character: The 8mm color scan shows soft focus, natural grain, slight handheld drift, gate edges, and mild fading consistent with home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an exterior establishing insert, neighborhood transition, domestic memory beat, or quiet cutaway.
Historical context: The footage documents a maintained residential streetscape and yard aesthetics associated with mid-century American home life.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright, property, and location-identification questions still require review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm suburban house exterior, Albany New York home movie, white clapboard house, lawn, and residential street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel domestic scenes, then Albany or 1956 residential footage, then broader 1950s suburban home exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s Albany home-movie frame showing a white suburban house, green lawn, shrubs, and nearby residences. — A white house and front lawn seen from a residential street or yard.

1950s Albany residential exterior with white siding, gray roof, trimmed shrubs, lawn, and neighboring houses. — A modest white residential house framed by lawn and shrubs.

Closer 1950s Albany house exterior showing white siding, a screen door, front windows, shrubs, and lawn. — The house facade appears closer, with a screen door and front windows visible.

1950s Albany home exterior with a screen door, white clapboard siding, front windows, shrubs, and green lawn. — A steady view of the front door and windows of the white house.

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