Albany New York-1955: Garden Flowers Bushes Tree Woman Hanging Laundry

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

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Garden Flowers Bushes Tree Woman Hanging Laundry — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched suburban garden in Albany, New York. Lush green bushes and vibrant red flowers fill the foreground, with a tree casting dappled shadows on the lawn. The camera pans across the natural setting before settling on a woman in a white shirt and dark pants, bending to tend to laundry hanging on a clothesline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, domestic atmosphere, perfect for historical or editorial projects.

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: 123431270

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 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 domestic-life requests needing a brief Albany-area garden and backyard laundry cutaway from color 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1950s suburban landscaping, a rotary-style clothesline, simple outdoor clothing, and color home-movie handling consistent with the supplied 1956 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged backyard observation, moving from flowers and shrubs to a woman tending laundry in an ordinary domestic setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red garden flowers, green shrubs, a lawn, a small tree, clothes hanging on a line, a woman in a white shirt, and deep garden shadows.
Film character: The footage has saturated color, soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, and visible 8mm grain that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, domestic-memory beat, seasonal transition, or visual bridge between family-life and neighborhood exterior scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday outdoor household work and garden maintenance without supporting a specific event or named property claim beyond the supplied Albany metadata.
Research note: A woman is visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are evident, but copyright, location, and personal rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1950s Albany home movie garden, 8mm backyard laundry clothesline, woman hanging laundry, suburban lawn flowers, and domestic exterior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel domestic scenes, then other Albany or 1956 home movies, then broader 1950s garden, backyard, and household-work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Color 8mm frame of a 1950s Albany garden with red flowers, dense shrubs, grass, and heavy shadow at the frame edge. — Red flowers and shrubs border a sunlit backyard lawn.

A 1950s Albany backyard garden view shows shrubs, red flowers, trimmed grass, and a small tree under bright sun. — The camera continues across shrubs, flowers, and lawn.

A small tree stands on a green Albany lawn in color 8mm home-movie footage, with soft focus and dark frame edges. — A small tree fills the backyard lawn view.

A woman in a white shirt stands near sheets and striped laundry on an outdoor clothesline in a 1950s Albany backyard scene. — A woman tends laundry hanging on a backyard clothesline.

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