Catskill New York-1957: Family Carries Picnic Basket Across The Road During

$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.

Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

$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.

Family Carries Picnic Basket Across The Road During — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a family walking across a sun-drenched road in Catskill, New York. A man carries a white cooler while a woman holds a picnic basket, and others follow with luggage. The group, dressed in classic 1950s summer attire—shorts, sundresses, and hats—moves through a grassy park with picnic tables and trees in the background. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and a warm, nostalgic color palette, evoking a classic American family outing.

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: 123442439

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Catskill, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial sequences needing everyday family picnic or roadside park activity from Catskill, New York home-movie footage.
Period detail: Summer clothing, brimmed hats, a white cooler, woven picnic basket, and open park picnic tables support a mid-century family-outing setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged movement of adults carrying picnic supplies across a road while the camera follows from a family observer's position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults walking, a white cooler, a woven basket, summer dresses and shorts, a paved road, grass, picnic tables, and trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, warm color, and slight motion blur that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for family travel, summer picnic, or roadside recreation scenes.
Historical context: The clip shows casual leisure behavior in a grassy public-looking picnic area without enough visual evidence to identify a specific venue or event.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, audible music, or private-property indicators are apparent from the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 8mm family picnic footage, Catskill New York home movies, mid-century summer outing, cooler basket road crossing, and park picnic tables.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Catskill 1957 material, then broader 1950s family picnic, summer travel, and park recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Catskill, New York home-movie footage from 1957, adults in summer clothing walk across a road with a cooler and basket near park picnic tables. — Family members carry picnic supplies across a sunlit road beside a grassy picnic area.

Adults in 1950s summer attire cross a road in Catskill, New York, carrying a white cooler and picnic basket through a park setting. — The group moves toward the camera with picnic supplies, framed by grass, trees, and tables.

The family group passes nearer the camera, with a man carrying a white cooler and others holding bags and a picnic basket in a grassy park area. — Adults pass the camera with a cooler, bags, and basket during a summer picnic outing.

A woman, a man, and other adults continue past the camera with a cooler and picnic basket in 1957 Catskill, New York home-movie footage. — The picnic group exits past the camera, carrying supplies along the road edge.

Visually Similar Clips