New York City-1958: Woman in Dark Dress 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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Woman in Dark Dress in Backyard — Clip Details

A young woman in a dark button-up dress stands in a sun-drenched backyard, smiling gently at the camera. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of domestic life. The scene features lush green grass, leafy trees, and a white-sided house in the background. Her classic 1950s hairstyle and modest attire reflect the era's fashion. The footage exhibits natural film grain and warm color tones, evoking a sense of nostalgia and personal memory.

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: 124559859

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 home-movie requests needing a brief domestic exterior of a woman outside a house for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The woman’s curled short hairstyle and dark button-up dress may show late-1950s everyday fashion, supported by the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged backyard portrait as the woman faces the home-movie camera and smiles in direct contact with the filmer.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a dark dress, sunlit grass, leafy shrubs, a tree trunk, outdoor furniture or yard equipment, and a white-sided house.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens, strong sunlight, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, family-memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, or transitional shot within a 1950s personal history sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows a private-feeling residential outdoor moment and suggests mid-century domestic leisure without documenting a named event or public landmark.
Research note: A recognizable face and residential exterior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1958 8mm woman in backyard, 1950s New York home movie, woman outside house, and mid-century domestic exterior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 New York City home movies, then with broader 1950s backyard and domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A blurred person moves through bright grass in 1958 8mm home-movie footage, with heavy motion blur and dark frame borders. — Motion-blurred opening frame on a sunlit lawn.

A woman stands in a sunny New York City backyard in 1958, facing the camera near a tree, greenery, and a white-sided house. — Woman facing the camera in a sunny backyard.

A woman in a dark dress stands in a sunny 1958 New York City residential yard with grass, shrubs, a tree trunk, and house siding behind her. — Backyard portrait with house and trees behind the woman.

A woman smiles toward the camera in a 1958 New York City backyard, framed by bright grass, leafy plants, a tree, and a white-sided house. — Smiling woman in a sunlit residential backyard.

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