Albany New York-1955: Blue Car Drives Down Road Approaching White Barn Car Stops

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

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Blue Car Drives Down Road Approaching White Barn Car Stops — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Albany, New York, in 1955 captures a classic blue sedan driving down a quiet suburban road. The car approaches a white barn-style garage, its door opening as it stops. A person is visible inside the vehicle, and the scene is framed by a tall evergreen tree and bare winter branches. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic color palette of mid-century home movies, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from the 1950s.

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: 123433072

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 suburban transportation requests needing a brief home-movie view of a blue sedan arriving near a residential garage in Albany, New York.
Period detail: The rounded blue sedan, simple garage form, evergreen planting, and muted 8mm color may show mid-1950s residential street detail.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches an everyday car arrival from a fixed home-movie position, preserving an unstaged family or neighborhood moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue sedan, white garage-like building, dark doorway, driveway, tall evergreen, bare branches, low shrubs, and film frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure fluctuation, and slight blur give the short scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief arrival insert, suburban transition, transportation cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers everyday visual context for postwar residential car use without identifying the occupants, address, or exact property.
Research note: A person appears inside the vehicle, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any property-identification assessment.
Research search match: Research matches include 1950s Albany home movie car arrival, blue sedan on suburban driveway, and 8mm residential street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then Albany or 1956 suburban footage, then broader mid-century car, driveway, and home-arrival scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s Albany home-movie frame showing a blue sedan near a white garage-like building and evergreen tree. — A blue sedan moves along a residential driveway or road near a white garage and evergreen.

Blue mid-century sedan seen near a white garage-like structure in Albany, New York home-movie footage. — The blue sedan passes the white structure while foreground branches partly obscure the view.

Albany-area 1950s home-movie frame with a blue sedan near a driveway and white garage-like building. — The sedan appears stopped or slowing near the garage, framed by shrubs and a tall evergreen.

Blue sedan near a white garage-like building, with bare branches and 8mm film texture visible. — The car remains near the garage as bare branches and soft 8mm exposure shape the frame.

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