New York City-1958: Two Men Sitting On A Log In The Mountains Looking At A Lake

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New York City

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Two Men Sitting On A Log In The Mountains Looking At A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures two men in military-style uniforms resting on a large log atop a hill overlooking a coastal bay. The scene unfolds in a rugged, natural landscape with rolling green mountains and a calm blue waterway below, under a soft purple-tinged sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, conveying a quiet, contemplative moment during a break in their journey. The framing suggests a view through a window or doorway, adding to the nostalgic, personal feel of the archival clip.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124558193

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York City, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage suited for documentary uses needing a quiet outdoor rest moment with uniformed men overlooking water and mountains.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century travel or service-era dress, with brimmed caps, plain uniforms, and 8mm color stock supporting the stated 1958 date.
Home-movie behavior: Two men sit informally on a log and look out across the bay, giving the scene an unstaged pause rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two seated men, a long log, a dirt overlook, utility poles or posts, a coastal bay, mountains, shoreline, and distant boats.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, blue-purple color drift, slight blur, and dark frame edges that emphasize its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, travel insert, military-adjacent rest beat, or transition from people to landscape.
Historical context: The scene visually connects outdoor recreation or travel with uniformed adult men in a rugged coastal landscape, without identifying a specific unit or event.
Research note: People are visible and faces are partly discernible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any military-identification questions remain separate.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 8mm men in uniform by bay, vintage home movie mountain overlook, and two men resting on log near water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1958 New York-labeled travel footage, then with broader 1950s outdoor rest and coastal landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men in military-style clothing sit on a log at a dirt overlook above a coastal bay, from 1958 8mm home-movie footage. — Two men rest on a log while looking over a bay and mountain shoreline.

Two men in uniform-like clothing remain seated on a log above calm water and mountains in the stated 1958 archival home-movie clip. — The seated figures look out from the hillside toward the water below.

Two adult men on a hillside log turn slightly toward the camera, with bay water, mountains, and shoreline behind them. — The men briefly turn from the overlook, revealing more of their faces and caps.

The shot opens to a wider 1958 8mm view of a coastal bay, green slopes, mountains, and a small distant vessel or structure on the water. — A wider landscape view shows the bay and surrounding mountain terrain.

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