Illinois USA-1962: View Of Blue Car Parked Next To Tan And Yellow Building On A Gravel Lot

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Fills requests for early-1960s Midwestern American suburban domestic scenes as documentary B-roll or period production design reference.

Period detail

Ranch-style single-story house, horizontal strip windows, late-1950s/early-1960s American automobile body style, and wooden utility pole with overhead lines suggest early 1960s suburban Midwest.

Home-movie behavior

The slow pan across a family property — likely documenting a home for family records — is the characteristic informal survey behavior of 8mm home movie makers.

What appears in frame

Cream single-story ranch house, dark navy roof, gravel driveway, wooden utility pole with overhead power lines, dark blue classic American automobile, green lawn, mature deciduous trees, pale blue sky.

Film character

Mild color shift toward cool tones, visible grain, and rounded-corner gate vignetting across the slow pan give authentic 8mm texture from early-1960s home movie stock.

Edit role

Works as a slow-dissolve establishing shot or suburban scene-setter in documentaries on postwar American housing, Midwestern domestic life, or early-1960s period sequences.

Historical context

Ranch-style housing and the visible automobile body style reflect postwar American prosperity and the spread of single-family home ownership across the Midwest in the early 1960s.

Research note

No people or faces visible; property appears to be a private residence — verify copyright chain and whether a property release is required for any commercial use.

Research search match

Researchers may search "1960s suburban house 8mm," "early 1960s Midwest home movie," "American ranch house vintage footage," or "1960s driveway car Illinois."

Archive pairing path

Pair first with other clips from the same Illinois reel, then with 1960s Midwestern domestic footage, then with broader early-1960s American suburban or automotive scenes.