Catskill New York USA-1959: Woman in Blue Dress with Yardstick and White Apron

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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Woman in Blue Dress with Yardstick and White Apron — Clip Details

A woman in a light blue dress and white apron crouches in a dimly lit room, holding a wooden yardstick. Her dark hair is styled in a 1950s fashion as she leans forward, appearing to demonstrate or measure something on the floor. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1959, shows grainy texture and soft focus typical of home movies from the era. A person's legs and feet in dark shoes are visible in the foreground, suggesting a domestic setting. The scene captures a candid, nostalgic moment of everyday life in Catskill, New York.

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: 123618917

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1959 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: Catskill, New York, 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: This 1959 Catskill home-movie clip suits requests for midcentury domestic interiors, everyday women at home, or small demonstrative actions for documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The light blue dress, white apron, dark styled hair, and 8mm interior photography support a late-1950s domestic reading without identifying a specific household.
Home-movie behavior: The woman crouches and handles a yardstick near the floor in an unposed moment, with another person's legs partly visible from the filmer's close household viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crouching woman, blue dress, white apron, wooden yardstick, dark carpeted floor, foreground legs and shoes, and dim interior furnishings.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven low-light exposure, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, domestic cutaway, memory beat, or transitional detail for a 1950s household sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal domestic activity in Catskill, New York, showing a woman engaged in a practical floor-level task inside a private room.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright or source-license assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Catskill 8mm home movie, woman in apron with yardstick, midcentury domestic interior, and 1950s household measuring scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1959 Catskill material, and then with other midcentury domestic interiors or women-at-home footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Catskill home-movie frame, a woman in a blue dress and white apron crouches beside a yardstick while another person's legs appear nearby. — A crouching woman handles a yardstick on the floor inside a dim room.

The woman remains crouched in the Catskill interior, looking downward as her apron and blue dress fill the right side of the frame. — The woman crouches low, looking toward the floor in the dim interior.

In the 1959 home-movie frame, the woman crouches in her blue dress and white apron, reaching forward near the floor in a private interior. — The woman reaches forward near the floor while crouched beside dark furnishings.

The woman leans forward from a crouch in the Catskill home-movie interior, her face visible above a white apron and blue dress. — A close household view shows the woman leaning forward from a crouched position.

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