Williamsburg Virginia USA-1964: A Man On A Lawn Mower With A Giant Building In The Background

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWilliamsburg, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Williamsburg Virginia

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A Man On A Lawn Mower With A Giant Building In The... — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants rides a push mower across a sunlit lawn in front of a large, two-story building with a flat roof and rows of windows. The building, labeled "THE MOTORS HOUSE," stands under a bright sky with trees and a red car visible in the background. A vintage school bus appears briefly in later frames. Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this clip captures a quiet, everyday moment with authentic film grain and color fading typical of home movies from the era.

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: 124034051

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Williamsburg exterior cutaways showing groundskeeping, campus-style architecture, and everyday labor in archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip shows 1964 8mm color footage with a mid-century flat-roof building, period cars, and a brief school bus, with the sign reading as The Motors House or similar.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an ordinary maintenance task from a distance, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record of work on a broad lawn.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a lawn mower, a large two-story building, rows of windows, trees, a red car, open grass, and a brief bus.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, gate edges, and small dust marks that support its original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet exterior insert, a campus or hotel grounds cutaway, or a memory beat between Williamsburg travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a landscaped public-facing property in Williamsburg in 1964 without establishing the building's ownership or function beyond visible signage.
Research note: A person and building signage are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and property concerns should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Searches for 1964 Williamsburg 8mm lawn mower, mid-century building exterior, groundskeeping home movie, or vintage school bus cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Williamsburg footage, then other 1964 Virginia exteriors, then broader 1960s groundskeeping or institutional-building scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Williamsburg home-movie frame showing a man on a lawn mower before a broad mid-century building and trees. — A groundskeeper mows a wide lawn with a large building and parked car behind him.

A man continues mowing a sunlit Williamsburg lawn in front of a signed mid-century building in 1964 footage. — The mower moves across the open grass while the building remains centered in the background.

1964 Williamsburg frame with a man mowing below a long flat-roof building, trees, and a parked red car. — The camera holds on the lawn as the mower passes beneath the building frontage.

A 1964 Williamsburg frame shows a man mowing at right with a bus, trees, and a large building behind him. — A bus appears near the building as the mower continues across the lawn.

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