New York City-1956: My Grand Old Car

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 New York City

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My Grand Old Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a classic American car parked on a city street. A man in a plaid shirt stands beside the vehicle, opening the driver's door and interacting with the car. The footage shows the car's rounded body, chrome details, and whitewall tires, typical of mid-century automotive design. The high-angle perspective and grainy black-and-white image convey the authentic look of a personal 1950s home movie. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and everyday life in New York City during the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124556636

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 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: New York City, New York, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New York City street-life requests needing authentic home-movie coverage of a parked mid-century car and everyday interaction.
Period detail: The rounded car body, chrome bumper, whitewall tires, curbside parking, and grainy 8mm view support a mid-1950s urban street setting.
Home-movie behavior: A man casually stands beside the car and opens or handles the driver's door, giving the scene an unstaged family-film quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a parked rounded sedan, a man in a plaid shirt, an open driver's door, chrome trim, whitewall tires, pavement, curbside street space, and another car edge.
Film character: The clip has high-angle 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, frame jitter, and visible film wear.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, or transportation cutaway for mid-century city life or family recollection sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows ordinary curbside car use in New York City, presenting personal automotive life rather than a staged public event.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are visible, and copyright, likeness, and property issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1956 New York City 8mm home movie car, 1950s parked sedan street footage, and vintage urban automobile cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family or street scenes, then other 1956 New York City footage, then broader 1950s car and urban everyday-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

High-angle 1956 New York City 8mm frame showing a man standing beside a parked mid-century car at the curb. — A man stands next to the parked car near the driver's side.

High-angle 8mm view of a man at the driver's side of a parked mid-century car in New York City, with the door open. — The driver's door is open as the man leans toward the car.

Soft 8mm frame of the man beside the open driver's door of the parked 1950s car on a New York City street. — The man remains beside the open driver's door of the parked car.

High-angle 1956 New York City home-movie frame showing the parked mid-century car after the man moves partly out of view. — The parked car fills the frame from a high angle near the curb.

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