New York City-1958: Young Man Smiling in Backyard Home Movie

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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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Young Man Smiling in Backyard Home Movie — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a young man in a suburban backyard. He wears a blue short-sleeved shirt and later a white t-shirt, smiling and moving through a grassy yard with trees and a white-sided house in the background. The footage shows natural, unposed moments of a man interacting with his outdoor environment, with the characteristic grain and color shifts of Super 8 film. The scene evokes a sense of everyday life and personal memory from the late 1950s.

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: 124559173

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: Supports requests for late-1950s 8mm home-movie material showing an adult man in a New York City-area backyard for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: Visible clues include short-sleeved casual shirts, a grassy yard, dense shrubs, and a white-sided house, which may show ordinary late-1950s domestic outdoor life.
Home-movie behavior: The man smiles, moves through the yard, and gestures toward the camera in an informal way, giving the clip unstaged family-film value.
What appears in frame: The frames show an adult man, trees and shrubs, lawn grass, a white-sided house, garden plants, deep shadows, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm footage has visible grain, blue-green color shift, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld motion that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or personal-memory beat for backyard leisure, family recollection, or everyday 1950s life.
Historical context: The clip presents a private outdoor domestic scene rather than a landmark view, so its value is strongest as social texture for mid-century home life.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no logos or audible music indicated in the metadata.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1958 New York City 8mm backyard home movie, young man smiling in yard, and 1950s suburban house garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1958 New York City home movies, then with related backyard, family, and domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man in a blue shirt smiles toward the camera in a 1958 New York City backyard home-movie frame. — A young man smiles in a shaded backyard with trees and shrubs behind him.

Soft, blurred 8mm frame of the man moving close to the camera, with bright outdoor light at the edge. — The handheld camera catches a blurred close movement near the lens.

Adult man in a white t-shirt stands or walks in a backyard near a white-sided house in 1958 New York City footage. — The man passes through the yard with the house and garden area behind him.

Adult man in a white t-shirt gestures in a leafy backyard, framed by trees and late-day light. — The man raises an arm while standing in the shaded backyard foliage.

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