New York City-1958: Classic Car and Couple Dancing in Yard

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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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Classic Car and Couple Dancing in Yard — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a classic American suburban moment. The clip opens with a close-up of a classic car's front grille and headlights, bathed in a surreal blue tint, likely from a projector or film anomaly. The scene then transitions to a sunny yard where a man in a light blue shirt and trousers dances joyfully with a woman in a dark sleeveless dress. They smile and move together on the grass, with a house and a parked car visible in the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, candid feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124558973

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 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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing a brief American car detail and a candid yard dancing moment for documentary or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The rounded chrome automobile styling and the couple's dress may show late-1950s domestic leisure, supported by the supplied 1958 New York City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries unstaged home-movie value through a casually filmed couple dancing together on a lawn after close views of a parked car.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a classic car grille, headlights, blue-tinted film frames, a grassy yard, a dancing couple, a house facade, walkway, and parked car.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and a blue cast in the car shots that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, transition from automobile detail to domestic leisure, or a short memory beat in a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private outdoor social moment with a car and residential yard visible, without enough visual evidence to identify the specific neighborhood.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately from the stock clip record.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 8mm home movie couple dancing in yard, 1950s classic car close-up, and New York City archival family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with 1958 New York City home movies, then with 1950s cars, yards, and informal dancing themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Blue-tinted 1958 8mm frame showing the front end of a classic car, with grille and headlight details partly obscured by shadow. — Close-up of a classic car front end in a strongly blue-tinted film frame.

Blue-tinted 1958 8mm frame with a classic car seen from the front, showing rounded hood lines, bumper, grille, and low light detail. — Frontal car detail with bumper and grille visible through blue-tinted exposure.

Blue-tinted 1958 8mm frame showing a close view of a classic car's front corner, chrome trim, wheel area, and shadowed bodywork. — Another close car view emphasizes chrome trim, rounded bodywork, and film grain.

1958 New York City home-movie frame showing a man in a light shirt dancing with a woman in a dark dress on a residential lawn. — A couple dances on the grass in front of a house, with a parked car in the background.

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