Illinois USA-1962: Two Women Sit On Porch Swing In Shade

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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Two Women Sit On Porch Swing In Shade — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures two women sitting together on a porch swing in a quiet suburban setting. The scene opens with a view of leafy green trees and a house with light-colored siding, then focuses on the two women, one in a purple patterned dress and the other in a white and pink print dress, both wearing glasses and smiling gently. They rock slowly in the shade, enjoying a peaceful moment on a sunny day. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1960s home movie quality, evoking a sense of nostalgia and everyday life.

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: 123718838

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 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1962 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip suits archival requests for 1960s Midwestern suburban domestic life — useful in documentaries on postwar American family culture or everyday-life retrospectives.
Period detail: Women's house-dress styles, patterned cotton prints, and cat-eye-frame glasses are consistent with early 1960s American casual wear; the house exterior and shaded yard reinforce a typical Midwestern suburban setting.
Home-movie behavior: Both women sit relaxed and unhurried, facing the camera with gentle smiles — an unposed, comfortable moment suggesting they are family members or close friends filmed by someone they know well.
What appears in frame: Two older women on a porch swing, blue-grey house siding with windows, large leafy shade trees, green garden shrubs, patterned cotton dresses on both women, glasses worn by both, bright summer sky visible through the canopy.
Film character: 8mm stock shows warm color saturation with slight fading, visible grain, and soft edge focus; mild exposure variation between the bright sky and shaded yard is characteristic of early 1960s amateur film.
Edit role: Functions as a quiet character insert or memory beat in a domestic retrospective, conveying stillness and ease between more active archival moments in a family or community-history sequence.
Historical context: Depicts everyday leisure culture in postwar American suburban life — two women at ease in a home setting, reflecting the social fabric of 1960s Midwestern domestic life without staged or formal occasion.
Research note: Identifiable adult faces are clearly visible; no model release is known — production legal should assess editorial versus commercial use requirements before licensing for any non-editorial purpose.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1960s American home movie footage of women at rest, suburban porch or garden settings, Midwestern domestic everyday life, or summer family scenes may find this clip relevant.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Illinois 1962 reel; then with 1960s Midwestern suburban exterior footage; then with home-movie scenes of older women or summer family gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Establishing 8mm shot from Illinois, 1962, showing large shade trees and suburban house exterior on a sunny summer day. — Shade trees and house exterior — establishing shot.

8mm establishing shot from Illinois, 1962 — shade trees and residential house exterior, with a possible background figure in the yard. — House and tree canopy; possible figure in background.

Two women on a porch swing in suburban Illinois, 1962, wearing patterned cotton dresses and glasses, with house siding and summer garden visible behind them. — Two women on a porch swing, Illinois, summer 1962.

Continued 8mm shot of two women on a porch swing, Illinois, 1962 — both in patterned dresses with house exterior and green garden shrubs in the background. — Two women on porch swing — continued shot.

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