Normal Illinois USA-1957: Gold Colored Station Wagon Backing up on Suburban Street

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

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Gold Colored Station Wagon Backing up on Suburban Street — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a gold-colored station wagon parked on a suburban street in Normal, Illinois. The car, a classic American model with a distinctive grille and chrome details, is seen backing up slowly, its shadow stretching across the paved road. Lush green trees and manicured lawns frame the scene, viewed through a natural frame of foliage. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American suburban moment.

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: 123449795

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: Yes
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s suburban transportation requests needing home-movie footage of a mid-century station wagon moving along a residential street.
Period detail: The large chrome grille, two-tone-looking roof, rounded wagon body, and tree-lined suburb may show late-1950s American automobile and neighborhood design.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from behind trees as the car backs and turns slowly, giving the scene an unstaged family-observer feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gold station wagon, chrome bumper and grille, shaded tree trunks, paved road, curb, sidewalk, lawn, and leafy residential plantings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, suburban memory beat, transportation insert, or transition into mid-century family travel material.
Historical context: The clip places a domestic automobile within a leafy residential street scene, reflecting everyday car-centered suburban mobility without making broader claims.
Research note: Human review should consider visible vehicle badging, possible occupants or faces through windows, and any likeness or property issues separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 8mm home movie station wagon, Normal Illinois suburban street, mid-century American car backing up, and 1950s residential road footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Normal Illinois or 1957 suburban footage, then broader 1950s American car and neighborhood material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Normal, Illinois home-movie frame showing a gold station wagon beside a curb, partly obscured by trees and dappled shade. — Gold station wagon parked or beginning to reverse along a tree-lined residential street.

1957 Normal, Illinois frame of the station wagon angled on the street, with chrome front details visible between dark tree trunks. — The wagon turns or backs near the curb, framed by dark tree trunks in the foreground.

1957 Normal, Illinois home-movie frame showing the wagon front-on near a curb, with trees, lawn, and sidewalk behind it. — Front view of the gold wagon as it moves slowly on the shaded suburban road.

1957 Normal, Illinois frame showing the gold wagon angled in the street, casting a shadow near leafy yards and a low wall or fence. — The station wagon completes a slow turn or reverse maneuver across the residential street.

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