New York City-1958: Man In Tee Shirt And Pants Climbing Tree Hangs Off

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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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Man In Tee Shirt And Pants Climbing Tree Hangs Off — Clip Details

A man in a white t-shirt and dark pants climbs a large tree in a sun-dappled outdoor setting, captured on 8mm film in 1958. The footage shows him gripping a horizontal branch, swinging his body, and hanging from the tree with strong arms. Sunlight filters through dense green leaves, creating bright highlights and deep shadows. The scene has a grainy, nostalgic quality typical of vintage home movies, with natural movement and a candid, recreational feel. This archival clip offers authentic 1950s Americana footage for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124559216

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: Useful for 1950s New York City home-movie requests needing candid outdoor recreation, informal masculinity, or playful physical activity in a leafy setting.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s casual clothing, with a plain white T-shirt and dark trousers visible against dense summer foliage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged action as an adult man climbs, grips, and hangs from a tree for the camera in a casual outdoor moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white T-shirt, dark pants, a large tree trunk, horizontal branches, dense green leaves, sun flare, and deep shade.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, heavy grain, handheld framing, high-contrast sun patches, and slight frame-edge artifacts typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, recreational cutaway, or memory beat suggesting summer leisure and physical play.
Historical context: The scene records informal outdoor recreation rather than a public event, with the surrounding trees and casual dress providing the main social context.
Research note: A recognizable person may be present, so copyright, likeness, and any location or property context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm New York City home movie, man climbing tree, vintage outdoor recreation, and 1950s summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1958 New York City outdoor scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 New York City home-movie footage, a man in a white T-shirt stands under a leafy tree and reaches toward a branch. — Man reaches up beneath a shaded tree canopy.

A man in a white T-shirt appears to grip a horizontal tree branch in sun-dappled 1958 New York City home-movie footage. — Man holds a horizontal branch beneath dense leaves.

The man stretches upward under the tree canopy, partly obscured by shadow and bright leaf-filtered sunlight. — Man extends his arms toward the branch in mottled light.

A man in a white T-shirt and dark pants hangs from a tree branch beside a large trunk in the 1958 New York City clip. — Man hangs from the branch beside the tree trunk.

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