Albany New York-1955: Man Shoveling Snow from Driveway

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

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Man Shoveling Snow from Driveway — Clip Details

A man in a black coat and cap shovels snow from a driveway in front of a garage door during a winter day. Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures the man’s effort to clear the snow, with visible film grain and a cool color palette. The scene evokes a quiet, everyday moment from mid-century America, with the man wearing gloves and sturdy boots as he works through the snow-covered yard.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123435267

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Albany winter home-movie requests needing an everyday residential snow-shoveling insert or seasonal cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century winter clothing, a simple garage door, rubber boots, gloves, and a manual snow shovel in a residential setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged domestic chore, with one adult steadily clearing snow while the camera watches from a nearby sheltered viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, dark coat and cap, gloves, tall boots, snow piles, a shovel, a driveway edge, and a paneled garage door.
Film character: The 8mm color image has visible grain, cool exposure, slight softness, and handheld home-movie framing that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter insert, domestic labor cutaway, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The scene records ordinary household snow removal in a cold residential environment without showing public landmarks or identifiable civic events.
Research note: One adult person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s Albany home movie snow shoveling, 8mm winter driveway scene, man clearing snow from garage, and mid-century residential snow.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Albany or 1956 winter material, then broader home-movie scenes of snow, driveways, and household chores.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1956 Albany home-movie footage, a man in a dark coat and cap shovels snow near a residential garage door. — A man works a shovel through snow piled along the driveway by a garage.

The man appears in motion, pushing or lifting snow with a shovel in front of a garage in Albany winter footage. — The figure leans into the shovel while clearing snow from the garage area.

A man in winter clothing clears packed snow from the driveway edge, with the garage door filling the background. — The shovel blade cuts into snow near the driveway as the man continues the chore.

The man pauses or resets his stance with a shovel beside a snow pile in the Albany residential winter scene. — The man holds the shovel low near the snowbank in front of the garage.

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