Normal Illinois USA-1957: Station Wagon Backing Out of Driveway

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

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Station Wagon Backing Out of Driveway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a classic station wagon backing out of a driveway in a quiet suburban neighborhood. The car, a light-colored model with a white roof, moves slowly past a green-painted single-story house with a well-kept lawn and mature trees. The footage shows the vehicle turning onto the street, with a person visible in the driver's seat. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with the characteristic grain and color palette of 1950s home movies. This authentic slice of Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage for documentaries, period pieces, or retro-themed content.

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: 123449810

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s suburban Americana requests needing a short real 8mm home-movie view of a car, yard, and modest residential street.
Period detail: The light-colored station wagon, single-story house, lawn, and mature trees may show mid-century residential style in Normal, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie perspective, watching a car leave a driveway and then lingering on the house and front yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light-colored car, green single-story house, front lawn, driveway or street edge, shrubs, trees, porch steps, and yard items.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color shifts, mild gate edges, and handheld framing typical of mid-century home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, neighborhood transition, domestic memory beat, or period cutaway for everyday 1950s life.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet residential setting with a private automobile, maintained lawn, and modest postwar-era suburban house exterior.
Research note: A person appears in the car and a home exterior is visible, so likeness and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Illinois home movie, 8mm suburban house exterior, vintage station wagon driveway, and Normal Illinois residential street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1957 Normal, Illinois clips, then broader 1950s suburban homes, cars, and family travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 8mm frame from Normal, Illinois showing a light-colored station wagon moving from a driveway or curb area onto a quiet street. — A mid-century station wagon backs out near a tree-lined residential street.

1957 Normal, Illinois home-movie frame showing a green single-story house with a front lawn, shrubs, and trees in daylight. — The camera settles on a green house and maintained front yard.

Home-movie view of a green single-story house in Normal, Illinois, with trees, shrubs, porch steps, and a bright lawn. — A steady exterior view shows the house, lawn, and surrounding trees.

Final 1957 frame showing the green house front in Normal, Illinois, with lawn, shrubs, trees, and small items near the porch. — The clip ends on the house front and shaded yard.

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