Normal Illinois USA-1957: Man Taking His Car Out Of The Garage For A Walk On A

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

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Man Taking His Car Out Of The Garage For A Walk On A — Clip Details

A man in a patterned shirt and light pants stands at the open garage door of a green house in Normal, Illinois, 1957. He turns and walks toward a vintage station wagon parked on the driveway, its wood-paneled body gleaming in the bright sun. The scene captures a quiet suburban moment, with lush green grass, trees, and a classic American car, all rendered in the warm, slightly faded colors of 8mm home movie film. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic feel, with natural light and film grain characteristic of mid-century home recordings.

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: 123449755

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 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: Useful for 1950s U.S. suburban life requests needing a brief home-movie view of a man, garage, driveway, and station wagon in Normal, Illinois.
Period detail: The wood-paneled station wagon, single-story garage, bright lawn, and casual patterned shirt support a mid-century suburban setting consistent with 1957 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears casually filmed as he moves from an open garage area toward the parked car, giving the clip an unstaged family-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in light pants, an open garage, green exterior wall, driveway, lawn, trees, a residential street, and a wood-paneled station wagon.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated greens, soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, and handheld framing typical of family-shot physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for domestic mobility, suburban routine, or mid-century car culture.
Historical context: The scene shows a quiet residential driveway and family car, offering visual context for postwar suburban home and automobile routines without asserting broader claims.
Research note: A visible adult likeness and residential setting may require review; copyright, privacy, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Normal Illinois home movie, man walking to station wagon, suburban garage driveway, and vintage 8mm family car footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1957 Normal Illinois material, then with 1950s suburbs, garages, driveways, or family cars.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Normal, Illinois, a man stands near an open garage at a green house, with lawn and driveway visible in 1957 home-movie footage. — A man pauses beside the open garage of a green suburban house.

The man walks from the open garage area toward the driveway, with a green house, lawn, and parked car partly visible in Normal, Illinois. — The man moves away from the open garage toward the driveway.

A wood-paneled station wagon sits in shade near a residential lawn and street in 1957 Normal, Illinois home-movie footage. — A vintage wood-paneled station wagon is parked near the shaded lawn.

The station wagon is seen broadside near the street, with the man partly visible above or behind the car in the suburban setting. — The station wagon fills the frame as the man is partly visible behind it.

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