Illinois USA-1962: Middle-Aged Woman Stands in Garden Near Pond, Classic Car in Suburban Yard

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

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Middle-Aged Woman Stands in Garden Near Pond, Classic... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a middle-aged woman standing in a sun-dappled garden near a pond in Illinois. She wears a patterned dress and smiles gently as she poses among vibrant yellow and purple flowers. The scene transitions to a quiet suburban yard with a classic 1960s automobile parked on a dirt driveway, surrounded by lush green trees and a modest house. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century American life.

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: 123719129

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: Suits documentary requests for early-1960s American domestic life, Midwest suburban settings, or mid-century women's everyday portraiture.
Period detail: The woman's patterned day dress, white automobile with what appear to be tailfins, and ranch-style house on a gravel driveway are consistent with early-1960s Midwestern domestic settings.
Home-movie behavior: The woman poses self-consciously for the camera amid garden flowers, then the cameraperson pans to survey the family's property and parked car — a typical home-movie record of possessions and place.
What appears in frame: A middle-aged woman in a patterned dress, yellow and purple garden flowers, a body of water behind the garden, a white classic automobile, a gravel driveway, a ranch-style house, utility poles, and summer deciduous trees.
Film character: Warm color shift and visible grain from aged 8mm stock give the footage a soft, faded-pastel quality consistent with Kodachrome or Ektachrome of the era.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or period-establishing insert in documentary or nostalgic sequences covering early-1960s American domestic and suburban life.
Historical context: The classic automobile and ranch-style house reflect postwar suburban expansion and consumer prosperity common in American Midwest communities during the early 1960s.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears in frame 0; likeness rights for private individuals in home-movie footage require producer-side legal assessment; no legible brand marks or identifiable landmarks observed.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1960s suburban home movie', 'early 1960s woman garden Illinois', 'vintage classic car driveway 8mm', or 'mid-century domestic life Midwest'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or seller; then with Illinois or Midwest 1960s domestic footage; then with mid-century garden or suburban yard scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Middle-aged woman posing in a garden amid yellow and purple flowers, water visible behind; 1962 Illinois 8mm home movie. — Woman poses in garden near water, Illinois, 1962.

Suburban Illinois yard circa 1962 showing a white automobile on a gravel driveway beside a modest house with a covered porch area. — Classic white automobile parked outside suburban house, c. 1962.

Ranch-style house with light-colored siding, white automobile on gravel driveway, and utility poles; consistent with early-1960s Midwest suburban setting. — Ranch house and classic car on gravel driveway, c. 1962.

Wider view of an Illinois suburban property circa 1962 showing a ranch house, white automobile, utility lines, and summer foliage. — Midwest suburban yard with classic automobile and utility lines, c. 1962.

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