Normal Illinois USA-1957: Woman in Red Shirt, Man, and Dog in Suburban Yard

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

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Woman in Red Shirt, Man, and Dog in Suburban Yard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a family moment in a suburban front yard. A woman in a red sleeveless top and sunglasses stands near a green house, while an older man in a light-colored shirt stands nearby. Another woman in a white top sits on a patterned blanket on the grass. A brown dog sits behind a chain-link fence, looking toward the camera. The footage shows natural movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm home movies from the era, evoking a nostalgic, everyday Americana scene.

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: 123449969

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 productions needing a brief suburban family-yard moment in Normal, Illinois.
Period detail: The clothing, lawn furniture, chain-link fence, and modest suburban houses support a 1957 domestic setting without identifying a specific event.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves casual, unstaged interaction as adults pose or rest in a front yard while a dog looks toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in summer clothing, a patterned blanket or lounge, green lawn, chain-link fence, street, houses, trees, and a brown dog.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of mid-century home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for everyday suburban family life in the late 1950s.
Historical context: The scene shows informal domestic leisure outside a suburban home, useful as visual context for postwar American family environments.
Research note: Visible adults and a dog require likeness and context review; copyright, privacy, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 8mm suburban yard footage, Illinois home movie family scene, woman in red shirt, chain-link fence, and dog in yard.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Normal, Illinois 1957 material, then broader 1950s suburban home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Normal, Illinois in 1957, a woman in sunglasses and a red top stands near a green house as an older man stands nearby on the lawn. — Woman in red top and older man in a suburban front yard.

In the 1957 Normal, Illinois yard scene, an older man stands near a woman seated on grass beside a patterned blanket or lounge. — Older man and seated woman beside a patterned blanket on the lawn.

The 1957 Normal, Illinois home movie shows an older man standing while a woman sits barefoot beside a patterned blanket in a suburban yard. — Man stands over a seated woman resting on the grass.

A brown dog sits behind a chain-link fence in the same 1957 Normal, Illinois suburban yard setting. — Dog sitting behind a chain-link fence in the yard.

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