New York City-1958: Two Young Men Dragging Clothesline in Backyard

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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 Young Men Dragging Clothesline in Backyard — Clip Details

Two young men in a backyard during a sunny day in 1958, captured on vintage 8mm film. One man in a white t-shirt swings a long pole, attempting to drag or adjust a clothesline, while another in a blue button-down shirt watches and moves nearby. The scene unfolds in a residential neighborhood with houses and lush green trees in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural movement, evoking a nostalgic slice-of-life moment from mid-century America.

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: 124559143

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 New York City home-movie requests needing casual backyard activity, young adults, and residential neighborhood atmosphere for documentary or editorial inserts.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century residential dress and setting, with short-sleeve shirts, a backyard clothesline, leafy trees, and detached or semi-detached houses visible behind the subjects.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged movement as one young man swings or drags a long pole near a clothesline while another passes close to the camera and reacts casually.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two young men, a white T-shirt, a blue button-down shirt, a long pole, a clothesline or hanging fabric, backyard greenery, and nearby houses.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, saturated blue-green color shifts, visible grain, handheld framing, and exposure changes that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for backyard life, youthful motion, domestic chores, or informal neighborhood moments.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for everyday residential life, showing casual outdoor activity around a clothesline rather than a formal event or public landmark.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, while copyright and any property or privacy considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 New York City 8mm backyard footage, young men clothesline home movie, mid-century residential neighborhood, and vintage domestic outdoor activity.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with New York City 1958 residential scenes, and then with broader 1950s home-movie backyard or clothesline themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 New York City home-movie footage, a young man in a white T-shirt lifts a long pole near backyard trees. — A young man raises a long pole near greenery in a residential backyard.

A man in a blue button-down shirt moves close to the camera as another young man works with a pole in a residential backyard. — One man moves past the lens while another continues handling the pole near the clothesline area.

A young man in a white T-shirt holds a pole near a backyard clothesline, with houses and trees in the background. — The pole is raised near a line or hanging fabric in front of neighboring houses.

A blurred handheld frame shows the back and shoulder of a man in a blue shirt as the backyard scene shifts past trees and houses. — The camera catches a soft, motion-blurred view of the blue-shirted man near the backyard edge.

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