Catskill New York-1957: Older Man Cleans Vintage Station Wagon With Hose

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

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Older Man Cleans Vintage Station Wagon With Hose — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: An older man in a light blue shirt and grey trousers cleans a vintage light blue station wagon in front of a green garage. He first wipes the car's side with a cloth, then uses a green garden hose to spray water, rinsing the vehicle. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures a candid moment of car care under bright sunshine, with natural film grain and color saturation typical of home movies from the era.

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: 123442965

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits documentary requests for 1950s American domestic life, postwar suburban routines, or period automobile content in upstate New York.
Period detail: The station wagon's squared roofline, large rear windows, and chrome trim are consistent with American wagon designs of the mid-to-late 1950s; clothing and film stock color palette align with the stated 1957 date.
Home-movie behavior: A family member captured an ordinary weekend chore — a man washing the family car — with no staging apparent, giving the clip its candid domestic intimacy.
What appears in frame: Older bald man in blue-grey shirt and grey trousers, pale station wagon, dark green corrugated-metal outbuilding, green garden hose, chrome hubcap, sunlit driveway, deep cast shadows, summer tree line.
Film character: 8mm color stock produces warm, saturated highlights and dense shadows; visible grain and slight frame-edge vignetting give the footage its authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat in a postwar Americana sequence; the visible shift from cloth-wiping to hosing offers two distinct insert points within the same 5-second clip.
Historical context: The station wagon was the dominant American family vehicle of the late 1950s; this candid car-washing scene reflects postwar consumer culture in which car ownership carried domestic pride.
Research note: One adult male is clearly identifiable throughout; no talent release documentation is available for this home-movie footage, so producers should independently assess likeness risk before commercial use.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as 1950s car washing home movie, upstate New York 8mm, postwar American station wagon, or vintage suburban daily life footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or Catskill NY collection, then with 1950s outdoor domestic scenes, then with American automobile or backyard footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older bald man hand-wiping the driver's-side panel of a late-1950s pale station wagon, dark green corrugated garage behind, 8mm home-movie footage, Catskill, New York, c. 1957. — Man wipes station wagon door panel by hand, Catskill NY, c. 1957.

Older bald man working the front-door panel of a late-1950s pale station wagon outside a dark green garage, Catskill, New York, c. 1957. — Man attends to the car's front door panel, c. 1957.

Older bald man moving toward the rear of a late-1950s pale station wagon, green garden hose coiled on driveway, chrome hubcap visible, Catskill, New York, c. 1957. — Man moves to rear of car; garden hose waits on the ground, c. 1957.

Older bald man hosing down the front end of a late-1950s pale station wagon, green hose clearly visible, corrugated metal garage and summer trees behind, Catskill, New York, c. 1957. — Man rinses the station wagon front end with a garden hose, c. 1957.

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