New York City-1958: Woman In Blue Dress Smiling Coyly While Walking Forward

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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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Woman In Blue Dress Smiling Coyly While Walking Forward — Clip Details

A young woman in a dark blue dress smiles coyly while walking through a grassy yard in New York City, 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her in a vintage moment, wearing a button-up dress with a high collar and a full skirt. The scene unfolds outdoors with a house and trees in the background, showcasing the natural color palette and grain of mid-century home movie footage. Her confident stride and warm expression convey a sense of nostalgia and everyday life in 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: 124559838

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 documentary or museum edits needing 1950s New York City home-movie footage of a young woman outdoors in everyday dress.
Period detail: The high-collared button-front dress, full skirt, yard setting, and color 8mm texture support a late-1950s domestic home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The woman walks toward the camera and smiles, giving the clip an informal posed-for-family-camera quality rather than a staged production feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a dark blue dress, grass, trees, a light-colored house, yard objects, strong sunlight, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and saturated color typical of scanned mid-century 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a personal memory beat, domestic-life insert, transition, or cutaway for late-1950s urban family footage.
Historical context: The clip shows a casually filmed outdoor moment in a residential yard, reflecting personal camera use and everyday presentation in the 1950s.
Research note: A recognizable face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are apparent, and copyright status remains separate from people rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 New York City 8mm home movie woman in blue dress smiling outdoors or vintage woman walking in yard.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1958 New York City residential footage, then with home-movie scenes of women outdoors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New York City 8mm frame showing the lower half of a woman in a dark blue dress stepping through a grassy yard. — The woman’s skirt and feet are seen as she walks across the sunlit grass.

1958 New York City home-movie frame of a woman in a dark blue dress walking toward the camera in a grassy yard. — The woman approaches the camera with the yard filling the background.

1958 New York City 8mm frame showing a smiling woman in a dark blue dress with a house, tree, and yard behind her. — The woman smiles toward the camera near a tree in a residential yard.

1958 New York City home-movie frame of a woman smiling in a dark blue dress with a tree and house in the background. — The woman remains centered as she smiles in the sunny yard.

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