New York City-1958: Large Crowd Of Men Wearing Grey Uniforms Stands Near White Buildings

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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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Large Crowd Of Men Wearing Grey Uniforms Stands Near... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a group of young men in grey military uniforms standing in formation on a grassy lawn. The soldiers, wearing distinctive white hats, are gathered near white clapboard buildings, possibly a barracks or training facility. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a clear day with natural light and a slightly grainy, nostalgic quality. A large bus is visible in the background, suggesting a transport or arrival scene. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse of military life in New York City during the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124558545

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 color 8mm footage for productions needing a brief military or uniformed-group assembly scene in a New York City home-movie context.
Period detail: Grey uniforms, soft service caps, a coach bus, and white clapboard buildings may show a late-1950s training or transport setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor or participant distance as uniformed men wait, talk, and gather informally near the buildings.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed men, pale caps, a parked bus, grass lawn, white clapboard buildings, windows, a red fire hydrant, and dark film borders.
Film character: The scan has saturated color, visible 8mm grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, and dark frame edges that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, arrival insert, or memory beat for mid-century military training, group transport, or campus-like barracks life.
Historical context: The footage shows young men in uniform gathered in an orderly but informal outdoor setting, suggesting institutional or military routine without identifying the unit.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the uniforms suggest military context, so copyright, likeness, and institutional or property identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 New York City 8mm uniformed men, grey military uniforms near barracks, home movie bus arrival, and 1950s training facility crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1958 New York City material, and then with mid-century uniformed groups, buses, or training grounds.

Still Frames From This Clip

Blue-tinted 8mm frame with dark borders, showing sky and angled structural or window lines before the outdoor uniformed-group scene. — Abstract blue-tinted opening frame with visible 8mm borders and structural lines.

1958 New York City home-movie frame showing uniformed men in grey outfits and pale caps gathered near a bus and white clapboard buildings. — Uniformed men gather on a lawn beside a bus and white buildings.

1958 New York City 8mm frame with uniformed men on a grassy lawn, a bus at left, white buildings, and a red fire hydrant in the background. — Crowd of uniformed men standing on a lawn near a bus and white clapboard buildings.

1958 New York City home-movie frame showing uniformed men lined up near white clapboard buildings, with several figures closer to the camera. — Uniformed men line up near white buildings while others pass in the foreground.

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