Albany New York-1955: Woman Pushing Gas-Powered Lawnmower In Suburban Yard

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

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Woman Pushing Gas-Powered Lawnmower In Suburban Yard — Clip Details

A woman in a blue jacket and dark pants pushes a vintage gas-powered lawnmower across a suburban lawn in Albany, New York, circa 1955. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her effort as she maneuvers the mower along the edge of a gravel path beside a house with brick and white siding. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with green grass, pink flowers, and shrubbery visible in the background. The film exhibits characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies, offering authentic archival footage of everyday domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123439474

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$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.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills domestic chores and suburban Americana briefs for 1950s social history documentaries, educational productions, and commercial projects seeking authentic mid-century home-movie footage.
Period detail: The vintage green push lawnmower, brick-and-white-trim suburban house, the woman's casualwear styling, and concrete front walk with flower bed are consistent with a mid-1950s American domestic setting.
Home-movie behavior: An amateur cameraperson filmed a household member actually mowing, capturing unposed, functional domestic labor in the unselfconscious style of family home movies.
What appears in frame: Woman in blue jacket and dark pants, green gas-powered push lawnmower with exposed engine, brick house exterior with white trim, concrete walkway steps, pink flowering plants, green lawn, dense shrubs, gravel border.
Film character: Warm, slightly saturated 8mm color with visible grain and softened edges typical of amateur mid-century film stock, giving the footage an authentic period texture throughout.
Edit role: Works as a domestic-life insert or suburban Americana cutaway; suited as a memory beat in 1950s social-history segments or a visual counterpart to voiceover about postwar homeownership and daily chores.
Historical context: Gas-powered push mowers became widely available to American consumers in the early postwar years; a woman performing yard work appearing in a home movie reflects the everyday domestic record-keeping of the era.
Research note: At least one adult face is visible throughout; a small figure in red clothing appears in the background of the opening frame and may be a child, requiring human review before any commercial use involving likeness rights.
Research search match: 1950s woman mowing lawn home movie, suburban Americana 8mm archival footage, mid-century domestic chores film, postwar American home life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel material from the same suburban yard; then with other Albany or upstate New York 1950s home movies; then with domestic-chore or backyard Americana footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in blue jacket and dark pants pushes vintage gas push mower along gravel path edge beside brick house; Albany, New York area, circa mid-1950s 8mm home movie. — Woman mowing the front lawn with a second figure visible near the front steps.

Woman in blue jacket pushes vintage gas push mower beside brick-and-white-trim suburban house; Albany, New York area, circa mid-1950s 8mm home movie. — Mowing along the edge of the gravel path beside the house.

Mid-shot of woman in blue jacket operating vintage gas push mower along garden border; brick suburban house exterior, Albany, New York area, circa mid-1950s. — Engine detail visible as the woman pushes the mower along the lawn edge.

Woman in blue jacket with vintage gas push mower on lawn beside brick house and flower bed; Albany, New York area, circa mid-1950s 8mm home movie. — Woman with lawnmower near the flower bed along the house foundation.

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