Illinois USA-1962: Four Ladies Talking In The Garden

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

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Four Ladies Talking In The Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures four women in a sun-dappled garden in Illinois. Dressed in period-appropriate dresses and blouses, they gather around a picnic table, laughing and conversing in a relaxed, candid moment. The footage shows natural movement as they shift positions, with one woman seated and the others standing or leaning. The scene is framed by lush green trees and grass, with authentic film grain and color fading characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s.

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: 123719721

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits archival requests for early 1960s American domestic life; suitable for documentary segments on postwar women's social culture, family history programming, or nostalgia-driven editorial.
Period detail: Women's mid-length skirts, fitted bodices, and solid or floral print dresses may indicate early-1960s fashion; mature fruit trees and a residential lawn suggest a domestic property setting.
Home-movie behavior: The women shift positions and lean toward a seated elder in a relaxed, unscripted way, conveying the unstaged warmth of a genuine family garden visit.
What appears in frame: Four adult women including one older seated woman, blue and patterned dresses, mature orchard-style trees, green lawn, outdoor bench or table, dappled natural light, white fence posts in background.
Film character: 8mm grain, warm color shift, and soft focus at the frame edges give the footage an intimate, tactile texture characteristic of amateur color reversal stock from the early 1960s.
Edit role: Works as a social-gathering insert or memory beat in a documentary timeline, or as a cutaway establishing domestic American life in the early 1960s.
Historical context: The clothing and relaxed garden gathering reflect typical middle-class American domestic leisure of the early 1960s; no political, commercial, or institutional identifiers are visible.
Research note: Multiple adult faces are clearly identifiable throughout; likeness clearance from individuals or their estates is advisable for commercial use; copyright status depends on chain of title.
Research search match: Likely matched by queries such as '1960s women garden gathering,' 'early 1960s Illinois home movie,' 'postwar American family backyard 8mm,' or 'mid-century women socializing film.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Illinois reel or acquisition batch; then with 1960s American backyard or family gathering footage; then with postwar domestic or women's social life sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Four women gathered in a residential garden, likely Illinois circa 1962; one older woman seated at center with three others in period dresses standing nearby. — Four women around a seated older woman in an outdoor garden, early 1960s home movie.

Women gathered in garden circa 1962; group composition shifts slightly; a smaller figure is visible at the right background edge, possibly a child. — Women in garden with a smaller figure visible in the background at frame right, early 1960s.

Three women in a residential garden, circa 1962 Illinois; camera appears closer as group settles into informal pose; mature trees and lawn visible. — Older woman seated with two others beside her in a garden, early 1960s home movie.

Three women posed informally in a residential garden, likely Illinois circa 1962; warm 8mm film grain and color shift visible; women engage with the camera. — Women smile toward the camera in a garden, early 1960s Illinois home movie.

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