Clarkdale Arizona-1961: Station Wagon Reversing in Suburban Driveway

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationClarkdale, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Clarkdale Arizona

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Station Wagon Reversing in Suburban Driveway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a classic American station wagon parked in a suburban neighborhood. The car, a light-colored model with a contrasting dark roof, is shown from multiple angles as it reverses slowly. A person is visible in the driver's seat, maneuvering the vehicle. The scene unfolds under a blue-tinted sky, with trees and modest houses in the background, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124562447

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 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: Clarkdale, Arizona, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing early 1960s American suburban car movement, family travel atmosphere, or everyday transportation cutaways for documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The station wagon styling, whitewall tires, modest houses, and residential street may show early 1960s American suburbia, supported by the 1961 Clarkdale, Arizona metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its simple observation of a driver maneuvering a family car from nearby rather than presenting a formal auto portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light station wagon with dark roof, open side window, driver, whitewall tires, trees, low houses, road surface, and distant hills.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, soft focus, blue color shift, exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century family travel, neighborhood life, or everyday car ownership.
Historical context: The scene places a private automobile within a quiet residential setting, suggesting ordinary mobility and domestic street life without making broader social claims.
Research note: A person is visible in the driver seat, so likeness review may be needed; no readable logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm Clarkdale Arizona station wagon, vintage suburban neighborhood car, early 1960s home movie vehicle, and family travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1961 Clarkdale material, and then with related mid-century car, travel, and neighborhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Clarkdale, Arizona home-movie frame showing a light station wagon with dark roof beside trees and modest houses. — Side view of the station wagon with the driver visible at the open front window.

Driver seated in the station wagon as it sits or moves slowly along the residential street.

A 1961 Clarkdale frame shows the station wagon from the front side, with whitewall tires, tree shade, and homes behind it. — The car is seen from a front-side angle, showing its whitewall tire and long wagon body.

The station wagon appears farther along the street, angled toward the camera with trees and Clarkdale-area hills behind it. — Angled view of the station wagon on the street, with residential buildings and hills beyond.

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