Normal Illinois USA-1957: Woman in Red Walking and Sitting in Yard

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Woman in Red Walking and Sitting in Yard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a vibrant red sleeveless top and dark sunglasses walking across a suburban lawn. She moves past a green stucco house with manicured bushes, eventually sitting beside another woman reclining on a blanket. A man in a light-colored shirt stands nearby, and a dog sits in the grass behind a chain-link fence. The footage features the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies, evoking a nostalgic 1950s American family moment.

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: 123449994

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. home-movie edits needing suburban family or yard activity in Normal, Illinois.
Period detail: The green stucco homes, chain-link fence, lawn, and sleeveless red top may show mid-century suburban domestic surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged family-movie value as a woman walks through the yard and joins others relaxing outside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a red sleeveless top, sunglasses, green stucco houses, shrubs, lawn, a standing man, a reclining woman, and a dog behind fencing.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for 1950s suburban leisure and family life.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor social time around modest postwar-era housing without making broader claims beyond the visible yard setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s 8mm suburban yard, woman in red shirt home movie, Illinois family lawn footage, and mid-century outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Normal, Illinois 1957 material, then related 1950s suburban family and yard scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Normal, Illinois home-movie footage from 1957, a woman in a red sleeveless top walks past shrubs and a green stucco house. — Woman in red walks along the side of a suburban house.

A woman in a red sleeveless top walks away across a suburban yard in Normal, Illinois, with green houses and shrubs behind her. — Woman moves through a suburban yard past low shrubs.

The woman in red approaches a standing man in a 1957 Normal, Illinois yard, with neighboring homes and trees visible. — Woman in red nears a man standing in the yard.

A man stands in a suburban yard while one woman in red sits and another reclines on a blanket, with houses and fencing nearby. — Family or friends gather on the grass beside a suburban home.

Visually Similar Clips