New York City-1956: Man In Suit Sits On Bench By Lake

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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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Man In Suit Sits On Bench By Lake — Clip Details

A man in a suit sits on a wooden bench under a shelter at a lakeside location, captured on 8mm film in 1956. He adjusts his posture, leaning forward and then settling into a relaxed pose, smiling at the camera. The grainy black-and-white footage shows signs of age with scratches and dust, typical of vintage home movies. The final frame reveals a calm lake with trees and a distant shoreline, suggesting a peaceful outdoor setting. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and offers authentic 1950s Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
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: 124556752

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: Supports requests for 1950s New York City home-movie material showing a suited man relaxing by a lakeside shelter for documentary, editorial, museum, or education use.
Period detail: The suit, bench shelter, black-and-white 8mm look, and lakeside leisure setting may show mid-1950s urban park recreation in New York City.
Home-movie behavior: The man adjusts his posture, leans forward, settles on the bench, and smiles toward the camera in an informal home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, wooden bench, open shelter frame, lake water, distant treeline, shoreline, bright daylight, and aged film borders.
Film character: The clip has a grainy black-and-white 8mm texture with soft focus, exposure variation, dust, scratches, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, character cutaway, park-life insert, or transition from a seated portrait to a lakeside view.
Historical context: The footage presents a quiet leisure scene with an adult man acknowledging the camera near a lake, without visible signs, brands, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness and editorial-use review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-film checks.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1956 New York City 8mm man on bench, 1950s lakeside home movie, suited man smiling at camera, and vintage park lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1956 New York City park or lake material, and then broader 1950s leisure or portrait footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1956 New York City home-movie footage, a suited man leans forward on a bench beneath an open shelter near a lake. — A suited man leans forward on a sheltered bench beside the lake.

The suited man sits upright on the lakeside bench under the shelter, facing the camera in the 1956 New York City clip. — The man sits upright on the bench and looks toward the camera.

A closer, soft-focus view shows the man seated under the shelter, with the bench and diagonal supports filling much of the frame. — A soft close view holds on the seated man under the shelter.

The final frame shifts to the lake, showing calm water, a distant treeline, and shoreline in the same black-and-white home-movie sequence. — The clip ends on a quiet lake view with trees along the far shore.

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