Hicksville New York-1957: Family Gathering 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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Family Gathering in Suburban Backyard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a relaxed summer gathering in a suburban backyard. A man in a dark polo shirt and light trousers sits in a white folding chair, gesturing as he talks, while a woman in a red patterned dress and another in a white top and plaid skirt listen and converse. The scene unfolds on a grassy lawn with trees and a house in the background, showcasing classic mid-century American leisure. The footage features natural film grain, warm color tones, and authentic 1950s fashion, offering a nostalgic glimpse into everyday 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: 123447628

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: 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1950s suburban American family leisure footage for documentary, museum, education, or period-background edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include white metal lawn chairs, mid-century summer clothing, a manicured backyard lawn, and informal outdoor seating in Hicksville, New York metadata from 1957.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged backyard conversation, with adults seated casually, listening, gesturing, and turning toward one another as a home-movie camera observes.
What appears in frame: The clip shows adults in folding lawn chairs, a grassy yard, trees and shrubs, a house wall, patterned dresses, light trousers, and a small outdoor table.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, saturated greens, and contact-sheet edge shadows that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or quiet transition for mid-century family life, suburban leisure, or summer gathering sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents an informal adult gathering in a suburban yard, reflecting everyday domestic leisure rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are indicated, and copyright status should be assessed separately from personal rights.
Research search match: Search matches include 1957 Hicksville backyard family gathering, 8mm suburban lawn chairs, 1950s home movie adults talking, and vintage summer yard footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Hicksville 1957 material, then broader 1950s suburban family and backyard leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Hicksville backyard gathering with adults seated in white folding chairs, including a man gesturing and a woman in a red patterned dress. — Adults converse in lawn chairs during a backyard gathering.

A 1957 Hicksville backyard view shows a seated man in a dark shirt and a woman in a red patterned dress gesturing beside lawn chairs. — A man and woman sit facing each other in the yard.

In this 1957 Hicksville home-movie frame, a woman in a white top and plaid skirt sits near a man in a dark shirt on the lawn. — Two adults sit in the backyard among folding chairs.

A 1957 Hicksville backyard frame shows a woman seated with hands together near a man in a white lawn chair and another adult partly visible. — Adults remain seated in conversation as the camera holds on the yard.

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