Hicksville New York-1957: Well-Dressed People Relaxing in Suburban Backyard

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Well-Dressed People Relaxing in Suburban Backyard — Clip Details

HICKSVILLE NEW YORK-1957: Well-dressed women and men relax in a suburban backyard, seated on a wooden bench and folding chairs. The women wear stylish 1950s dresses—one in a yellow floral print, another in a blue dress—while a man in a light-colored shirt and glasses sits nearby. The scene unfolds on a sunny day with a lush green lawn, a small inflatable pool, and a white picket fence in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet, candid moment of social gathering with natural film grain and warm color tones.

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: 123447594

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

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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: Hicksville, 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: 1950s suburban home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet backyard social gathering with adults seated outdoors in Hicksville, New York.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century outdoor seating, dresses, glasses, a white fence, lawn furniture, and a small inflatable pool that support a 1950s suburban family-gathering setting.
Home-movie behavior: Adults sit casually in folding chairs and on a bench, talking or resting as the camera observes from a home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, dresses and short-sleeve shirts, folding lawn chairs, a wooden bench, green grass, trees, a striped inflatable pool, a white fence, and nearby houses.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, saturated greens, and handheld framing that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, transition, or memory beat for suburban leisure, family visits, or adult conversation in the late 1950s.
Historical context: The scene reflects an outdoor domestic social moment in postwar suburban New York without supporting claims about the people, occasion, or exact household.
Research note: Visible adult faces and possible residential surroundings may require likeness and property review, separate from any copyright assessment of the film scan.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s Hicksville backyard gathering, 8mm suburban lawn chairs, vintage adults sitting outdoors, and New York home movie social visit.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Hicksville 1957 material, then broader 1950s suburban backyard and family gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Hicksville, New York in 1957, a woman sits in a red-and-white lawn chair on grass near a small striped inflatable pool. — A seated woman rests in a lawn chair beside the inflatable pool in the backyard.

The camera holds on a woman seated near the pool as the backyard fills the frame.

Adults gather in a Hicksville backyard in 1957, seated on lawn chairs and a bench with grass, houses, trees, and a white fence behind them. — A wider backyard view shows adults seated together during an outdoor social visit.

The 1957 Hicksville home-movie frame shows adults sitting in a grassy yard near a striped inflatable pool, with houses and a white fence in view. — Adults remain seated in conversation around the backyard seating area.

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