New York City-1956: Man Tossing Ball on Rural Road

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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 Tossing Ball on Rural Road — Clip Details

A man in a button-up shirt and dark trousers stands on a dirt road in a wooded area, playfully tossing a small object into the air. Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a candid moment of leisure in a rural setting. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld camera perspective, with a small house visible in the background. The man smiles and moves with casual energy, embodying mid-century American nostalgia and everyday life.

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: 124557349

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 home-movie requests needing an informal outdoor leisure moment with an adult man in a wooded rural-looking setting.
Period detail: The button-up shirt, dark trousers, 8mm color stock, and metadata-supported 1956 date place the scene in a mid-century home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears to playfully toss or handle a small object while walking toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged family-film quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man, pale dirt road, wooded background, strong sunlight, long shadows, and a small light-colored building beyond the trees.
Film character: The clip has 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, high-contrast sunlight, slight color fading, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for rural leisure, family recreation, or mid-century everyday life.
Historical context: The footage shows an ordinary outdoor recreation moment rather than a documented public event, with no visible landmarks tying the scene to New York City.
Research note: A recognizable adult may be visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright and any location or property concerns should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1956 8mm home movie man tossing ball, 1950s rural road leisure, and vintage family footage wooded setting.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 New York-area home movies, then broader 1950s outdoor leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1956 8mm home-movie frame, a man stands on a pale dirt road near trees with a small building in the background. — A man pauses mid-gesture on a bright dirt road bordered by woods.

A man in a button-up shirt and dark trousers walks toward the camera on a sunlit rural-looking road in the 1956 footage. — The man walks forward across the open dirt road as trees frame the background.

The man stands nearer the camera on the pale road, with tree trunks and a small background building visible in the 1956 home movie. — A centered figure faces the camera on the sunlit road.

A man gestures while moving across the bright dirt road, with trees and a small building behind him in the 1956 8mm footage. — The man gestures casually as he moves along the road.

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