New York City-1956: A Soldier Walking, Laughing, and Posing for Camera

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

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A Soldier Walking, Laughing, and Posing for Camera — Clip Details

A young soldier in a military uniform walks toward the camera with a broad smile, posing for the lens in a sun-drenched outdoor setting. Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a candid moment of joy and pride. The man wears a short-sleeved shirt, tie, and trousers, with a wooden shelter and trees visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight flicker, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic 1950s American atmosphere. This authentic archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124556721

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 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 American home-movie requests needing a brief military-personnel portrait, smiling walk-up, or candid service-member moment for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The short-sleeved uniform shirt, tie, belted trousers, 8mm black-and-white look, and simple outdoor shelter support a mid-1950s home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man walks toward the camera, smiles broadly, laughs, and poses as if responding to the person filming rather than performing for a formal production.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed young man, open sandy or paved ground, a wooden shelter with angled supports, trees, bright sunlight, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, flicker, soft focus, high sun exposure, and slight handheld framing that give it a home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, personal military cutaway, character introduction insert, or transition into a 1950s family or service-related sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a relaxed service-member portrait in an outdoor recreational or institutional setting, but the frames do not identify a specific unit or event.
Research note: A recognizable face and military uniform require likeness and context review; copyright, privacy, and any uniform-related use questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s soldier home movie, man in uniform smiling at camera, 8mm military portrait, or New York 1956 service member may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with New York City 1956 material, then with other 1950s military, family, or outdoor portrait scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A young man in a short-sleeved military-style uniform walks toward the camera in bright outdoor 1956 New York City home-movie footage. — The uniformed man approaches the camera across a sunlit outdoor area.

The man in uniform smiles near a wooden shelter, with trees and open ground visible in the 1956 home-movie frame. — He smiles near the shelter as the camera holds on him.

A uniformed man laughs and faces the camera in a bright outdoor setting with a wooden shelter and trees behind him. — The man laughs while facing the person filming.

The man poses close to the camera in uniform, one hand in his pocket, with the shelter and tree line behind him. — He poses casually at the end of the short walk-up.

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