Ontario Canada-1958: Man Wearing Blue and White Shirt Pruning Tree at Night

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationOntario, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Ontario Canada

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Man Wearing Blue and White Shirt Pruning Tree at Night — Clip Details

A man in a blue and white checkered shirt works at night in Ontario, Canada, in 1958, using a long pole to prune a tree. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the man reaching upward against a dark sky, with faint green foliage visible. The grainy, low-light quality and subtle camera shake reflect authentic home movie aesthetics from the late 1950s. A small blue light appears briefly in the frame, adding to the vintage, candid atmosphere. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of rural life and outdoor maintenance during the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
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: 123612463

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Ontario, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Ontario home-movie requests needing a brief rural outdoor maintenance scene or night activity cutaway.
Period detail: The blue-and-white check shirt, hand pole tool, 8mm color stock, and low-light backyard setting may show late-1950s domestic outdoor work.
Home-movie behavior: An adult man appears absorbed in an ordinary task, filmed candidly as he reaches up with a long pole rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a check shirt, a long pruning pole, dark sky, green foliage, a thin blue light streak, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, dark exposure, color bleed, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that support its home-movie source character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, night-work cutaway, rural memory beat, or transition within sequences about household labor and seasonal upkeep.
Historical context: The footage places everyday yard work in a domestic outdoor setting, showing practical manual maintenance without wider public or industrial context visible.
Research note: A person and face are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos, music, or clear private-property identifiers in the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Ontario 8mm home movie, man pruning tree at night, vintage yard work, rural Canada maintenance, and low-light family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel home movies, then other 1958 Ontario clips, then broader 1950s outdoor chores or tree and garden maintenance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Ontario home-movie footage, a man in a blue check shirt leans toward foliage while holding a long pole against a dark sky. — Man reaches a pole into a tree during a low-light outdoor pruning scene.

The man continues working with a long pole near leafy branches, with dark sky and 8mm grain visible in the Ontario night scene. — Long pole crosses the frame as the man works beside the tree.

A dim, grainy frame shows partial foliage and the pruning pole near the edge, with the man mostly out of view in the 1958 Ontario clip. — The action drops partly out of frame during the handheld night shot.

The man bends near the tree with the long pole angled upward, filmed in a dark, grainy 1958 Ontario home-movie frame. — Man bends near the foliage as the pruning pole angles across the night sky.

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