Saint Louis Missouri-1959: Two Men Posing By Flowers At Formal Event

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Saint Louis Missouri

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Two Men Posing By Flowers At Formal Event — Clip Details

SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI-1959: Two formally dressed men in suits stand beside a large floral arrangement of yellow and pink flowers in a white vase, positioned on a small table against a brick wall. The men, both balding and wearing ties with pocket squares, pose for the camera in a staged, formal manner, suggesting a wedding or special event. The footage, captured on 8mm film, displays characteristic grain, soft focus, and a slightly dim, warm-toned lighting typical of home movies from the late 1950s. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the men as they shift slightly, turn, and face forward, creating a candid yet composed archival moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124560606

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$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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Saint Louis home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for formal social events, posed adults, and mid-century personal ceremony atmosphere.
Period detail: The suits, ties, pocket squares, boutonniere-like flowers, large vase arrangement, and warm 8mm color may show a late-1950s formal gathering or wedding-related setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the small posed adjustments as two older men face the camera, shift posture, and hold a formal home-movie moment beside flowers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two suited men, eyeglasses, ties, pocket squares, a large white vase, yellow and pink flowers, a small table, and a brick wall.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, dim warm exposure, slight blur, and contact-sheet frame edges that give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or social-event insert between wider wedding or family-gathering scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers a restrained view of adult formal dress and posed camera behavior at a mid-century private or semi-private social occasion.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness and identity review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal or venue rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Saint Louis 8mm formal event, two men posing by flowers, vintage wedding guests, and home movie floral arrangement.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Saint Louis 1959 material, then other 1950s wedding or formal-event home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Saint Louis home-movie footage, two formally dressed men stand beside a large floral arrangement in front of a brick wall. — Two men in suits pose near a white vase filled with flowers.

Two older men in suits, one wearing glasses, face the camera beside a large yellow and pink floral arrangement in Saint Louis footage from 1959. — The men turn toward the camera beside the floral display.

In a soft 8mm frame, two suited men stand on either side of a large white vase with yellow and pink flowers against a brick wall. — The floral arrangement sits centered between the two suited men.

Two formally dressed men hold their pose beside a large floral arrangement in warm, soft 1959 Saint Louis 8mm footage. — The men remain posed as the brief formal-event shot ends.

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