Albany New York-1955: Grandpa Picking Up Grandson To Allow Him To See Over

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Grandpa Picking Up Grandson To Allow Him To See Over — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A man in a dark suit and fedora bends down to lift a young boy in a light-colored outfit, helping him stand to see over a low stone wall. The scene unfolds on a grassy lawn beside a quiet suburban street, with vintage cars and houses visible in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a tender, candid moment of intergenerational care, with natural sunlight and the characteristic grain of mid-century home movie footage.

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: 123437250

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills 1950s family-life and Americana requests for documentary, educational, or commercial productions needing genuine mid-century intergenerational warmth from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: Vintage automobiles visible on the suburban street, leafless deciduous trees, and the man's dark suit and hat are consistent with mid-1950s American residential life.
Home-movie behavior: An unscripted family moment: a man lifts a small child to see over a hedge, capturing unstaged intergenerational tenderness typical of mid-century home-movie documentation.
What appears in frame: Adult man in dark jacket and hat, small child in light clothing, green lawn, low stone-bordered hedgerow, bare deciduous trees, vintage automobiles on a suburban street, and a two-story house in the background.
Film character: Warm 8mm color with a faint lavender cast in the sky, visible grain and sprocket-edge marks lending period authenticity to a bright outdoor daylight scene.
Edit role: Works as a self-contained memory beat or nostalgic insert in a 1950s family, childhood, or postwar Americana sequence; brief at five seconds but editorially complete.
Historical context: The residential streetscape, period dress, and vintage automobiles reflect postwar suburban American life; leafless trees suggest early spring or late autumn in the northeastern United States.
Research note: Faces of two individuals are partially visible in several frames; as a home movie, no formal likeness releases are likely on file, so clearance review is advised before editorial use.
Research search match: Likely found via: 1950s family home movie, grandfather grandchild 8mm, Albany New York vintage footage, postwar suburban Americana, intergenerational outdoor scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Albany mid-1950s reel; then with 1950s upstate New York exterior footage; then with period family and childhood Americana clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Man in dark 1950s suit bends toward a young child on a grassy lawn in Albany, New York; hedgerow, bare trees, and period automobiles fill the background. — Man bending toward child on suburban lawn, Albany, NY, c.1955-56.

Man in 1950s dark suit and fedora-style hat lifts a small child near a stone-edged hedgerow on what appears to be a residential Albany, New York street. — Man lifting child near hedgerow, Albany, NY, c.1955-56.

Man and child stand together on a suburban lawn in what appears to be mid-1950s Albany, New York; a two-story house with a prominent roofline and period automobiles visible behind. — Man and child standing on lawn with suburban street behind, Albany, NY, c.1955-56.

Man in 1950s attire and small child on a residential lawn in Albany, New York; stone-edged hedge, period automobiles, and bare trees fill the background. — Man and child on lawn beside hedgerow and suburban street, Albany, NY, c.1955-56.

Visually Similar Clips