Albany New York-1955: Person Shoveling Snow in Winter Yard

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

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Person Shoveling Snow in Winter Yard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a person shoveling snow in a quiet residential yard in Albany, New York. Dressed in a long dark coat and a light-colored head covering, the individual methodically clears a path through deep winter snow. The scene unfolds under a pale sky, with bare trees and a wooden fence visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from mid-century America. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123435337

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: 1950s Albany winter home-movie footage for documentary or educational sequences needing everyday snow removal in a residential yard.
Period detail: The long dark coat, head covering, deep snow, bare trees, and fence may show a mid-century residential winter scene supported by the 1956 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household task as one person bends, lifts, and moves snow with a shovel in a quiet yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bundled adult, dark overcoat, light head covering, snow shovel, deep snowbanks, bare trees, and a wooden fence.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, muted winter color, slight motion blur, and handheld framing typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter cutaway, domestic labor insert, seasonal transition, or memory beat within a 1950s family-film sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary cold-weather yard work in a residential setting without visible landmarks, signs, vehicles, or identifiable brands.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; review likeness considerations separately from copyright, with no visible logos or audible music flagged.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Albany snow shoveling, 8mm winter yard footage, home movie snow removal, and mid-century residential snow scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Albany or 1956 winter material, then broader home-movie scenes of snow and household work.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Albany winter home-movie footage, a bundled person in a dark coat bends to shovel deep snow near a yard path. — A person leans into a shovel while clearing snow beside a high snowbank.

A bundled person works with a shovel in a snow-covered Albany yard, with bare trees and fence faintly visible behind. — The shoveler stands partly turned away while moving snow from the path.

A person in a long dark coat pauses with a shovel amid deep snow in the Albany residential yard scene. — The figure pauses with the shovel low against the snow-covered ground.

A bundled person stands beside a snowbank with shovel in hand during a 1950s Albany winter yard scene. — The shoveler stands near the edge of a snowbank after working along the path.

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