New York City-1958: Man Smiling and Adjusting Coat Outside House

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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 Smiling and Adjusting Coat Outside House — Clip Details

A man in a dark overcoat and tie stands outside a white-sided house in New York City, 1958. He smiles warmly at the camera, adjusting his coat and collar before bringing his hands to his face in a playful gesture. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a candid, nostalgic moment with natural lighting and visible film grain, evoking a sense of everyday life in the late 1950s. The setting features a simple home with a window and door, and the man’s cheerful demeanor adds to the authentic, personal feel of this vintage home movie.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124560037

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: New York City, New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: 1950s New York City home-movie footage for productions needing a brief personal exterior moment of a well-dressed man reacting to the camera.
Period detail: The dark overcoat, tie, white-sided house exterior, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s domestic street or yard setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man smiles, adjusts his coat and collar, and plays to the camera in an informal home-movie pose.
What appears in frame: A man in a dark overcoat, tie, house doorway, window, white siding, stone foundation, outdoor light, and film-frame borders are visible.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short character insert, family-memory beat, or transition into a 1950s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday dress and behavior outside a residential-looking New York City house without enough visual evidence to identify the neighborhood.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any property considerations.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1958 New York City home movie, man in overcoat outside house, smiling adult 8mm footage, or 1950s domestic exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family scenes, then other 1958 New York City exteriors, then broader 1950s home-movie moments of adults outside homes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 New York City home-movie footage, a man in a dark overcoat and tie smiles toward the camera outside a house. — A smiling man stands outside the house in his overcoat and tie.

The man in a dark overcoat looks down and adjusts his collar outside the New York City house. — The man looks down while pulling at his coat collar.

The man raises both hands near his face and collar, partly hiding his expression in the 1958 exterior home-movie scene. — The man playfully brings his hands up near his face.

The frame drops lower on the man’s long overcoat and trousers as he stands outside the house in bright daylight. — The camera frames the man’s coat and legs near the house entrance.

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