Albany New York-1955: Classic Blue Car Reversing From Driveway

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

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Classic Blue Car Reversing From Driveway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a light blue classic American car reversing out of a driveway in Albany, New York. The vehicle, a mid-century sedan with chrome details, moves slowly past a tall evergreen bush and a white garage. The scene is bathed in soft, natural light, with a slightly overcast sky and bare trees suggesting early spring. The footage exhibits authentic Super 8 grain and color fading, offering a nostalgic glimpse into suburban life. The camera remains stationary, focusing on the car's movement and the quiet residential setting.

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: 123432889

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 1950s Albany home-movie footage for productions needing a suburban driveway insert with a mid-century car leaving a residential garage area.
Period detail: The rounded sedan body, chrome trim, narrow driveway, evergreen planting and white garage may show mid-1950s suburban visual details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet, unstaged feel of a family camera watching a car back out slowly from a driveway.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light blue sedan, white garage, tall evergreen shrub, driveway, bare trees, lawn edge, scattered stones and faint utility lines.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading and exposure variation that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief suburban-life insert, car-departure cutaway, memory beat or transition into a 1950s residential sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for automobile use and residential driveways in a quiet mid-century neighborhood setting.
Research note: People are flagged visible, likely inside the car, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any property-release assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Albany home movie car backing out, 8mm suburban driveway sedan, and vintage blue American car residential street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Albany or 1956 residential material, then broader 1950s car and suburban home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Albany home-movie frame showing a light blue mid-century sedan reversing near a white garage and evergreen shrub. — A blue sedan begins reversing from the driveway beside a white garage.

1956 Albany frame with the blue sedan moving backward past a garage and evergreen in a residential driveway. — The car continues backing out, with the garage and shrub framing the driveway.

1956 Albany home-movie frame showing the sedan near the driveway entrance, with lawn stones and garage visible. — The sedan nears the driveway entrance as it backs toward the street.

1956 Albany frame with the rear of a light blue sedan angled near the driveway and residential garage. — The car is angled near the end of the driveway, partly framed by branches.

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