Des Moines Iowa-1966: Three Women Laughing In A Front Yard

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationDes Moines, Iowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Des Moines Iowa

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Three Women Laughing In A Front Yard — Clip Details

DES MOINES IOWA-1966: Three women share a joyful moment in a sun-drenched front yard, captured on vintage 8mm film. An older woman in a white blouse and glasses sits beside a younger woman in a yellow and green checkered dress, while a third woman in a pink patterned dress leans in, laughing and embracing them. Their expressions convey warmth and affection, with the younger woman playfully sticking her tongue out. A classic blue car is parked in the background, and the scene is framed by natural light and the characteristic grain of 1960s home movie footage. This candid moment of intergenerational connection is ideal for nostalgic documentaries, family history projects, or retro-themed editorial content.

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: 124749907

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 1318 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1966-1969
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1966 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: Des Moines, Iowa, 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Des Moines home-movie footage for productions seeking a brief family yard moment with women laughing and posing together.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-1960s clothing, lawn chairs, and a blue parked car consistent with the supplied 1966 Des Moines metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the casual, affectionate interaction as the women lean together, smile, laugh, and briefly perform for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three women, eyeglasses, patterned dresses, a lawn chair, grass, trees, a garden hose, and a blue car in the background.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, family-life insert, intergenerational cutaway, or transition within a 1960s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows an informal front-yard gathering and suggests everyday social life around family photography without identifying the participants.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness permissions and subject identification should be reviewed separately from any film copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Iowa home movies, Des Moines family yard footage, women laughing 8mm, and vintage front lawn gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1966 Des Moines material, then with family gathering or women outdoors themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1966 Des Moines home-movie footage, three women sit close together outdoors as a blue car appears in the background. — Three women gather closely in a sunny yard with a parked blue car behind them.

Three women in a Des Moines yard lean together around a seated younger woman, with lawn and a parked car visible behind them. — The women lean in affectionately around the seated figure in the yard.

The three women face the camera in 1966 Des Moines footage, with one seated between two companions in the grass. — The group faces the camera during a candid front-yard pose.

A younger woman in a checkered dress sits alone in a lawn chair in the Des Moines yard, with grass and a parked car behind her. — A seated woman remains in the lawn chair as the yard and car fill the background.

Visually Similar Clips