Normal Illinois USA-1957: Man Spraying House At Night And Walking At Gas Station

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationNormal, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Spraying House At Night And Walking At Gas Station — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a man spraying a house with a hose while another man watches. The scene unfolds at night, with the house's dark siding and white-trimmed windows illuminated by artificial light. The man cleaning wears a light-colored shirt and cap, while the observer is in a white short-sleeved shirt. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies. The sequence transitions to a daytime scene at a classic American gas station with mid-century cars, a man walking, and a small town storefront in the background. This authentic 1950s Americana footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123449524

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 2302 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: tw ross
Reel-level year note: 1957
Reel-level location note: morton illinois
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: Normal, Illinois, 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: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing small-town Illinois domestic activity and roadside gas-station street life.
Period detail: The mid-century cars, service-station forecourt, storefront strip, light shirts, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s setting in Normal, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-observer feel, moving from a man spraying a house at night to men walking casually near cars and gas pumps by day.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hose spray, clapboard house siding, white-trimmed windows, men in short-sleeved shirts, parked mid-century cars, gas pumps, storefront signs, and overhead utility wires.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and color shifts typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief domestic-life insert, a small-town transition, or a memory beat linking home maintenance with roadside errands.
Historical context: The daytime station scene may show everyday automobile culture and neighborhood commercial streets in a postwar Midwestern town.
Research note: People and house exteriors are visible, so likeness and property context should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm Illinois home movie, man spraying house at night, small-town gas station, mid-century cars, and Normal Illinois street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Normal, Illinois 1957 material, then broader 1950s home, car, and gas-station footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Normal, Illinois 8mm frame showing a man using a hose on a house exterior at night as another man stands nearby. — A man directs a stream of water toward the house while another man watches from the yard.

1957 Normal, Illinois home-movie frame of men outside a house at night, with one spraying water near a window. — The hose stream reaches toward the house trim as two men stand in the dimly lit yard.

1957 Normal, Illinois 8mm frame showing men, mid-century cars, gas pumps, storefronts, and utility wires in daylight. — Men cross near a service-station forecourt with parked cars and storefronts in the background.

1957 Normal, Illinois street scene with men near a gas station, parked cars, storefront signs, and overhead wires. — A man walks across the forecourt while cars and storefronts frame the small-town service-station scene.

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