Iowa USA-1959: Young Women in Colorful Period Costumes Dancing

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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Young Women in Colorful Period Costumes Dancing — Clip Details

IOWA USA-1959: A vibrant 8mm home movie captures a traditional folk dance performance by young women in colorful period costumes. Dressed in long skirts, bonnets, and fitted bodices in shades of pink, purple, and blue, the dancers move in synchronized lines across a paved area. A crowd of spectators watches from behind a white picket fence in a sun-drenched park setting. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural motion and the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1950s home movies, preserving a moment of cultural celebration and community life.

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: 124866069

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 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1959 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: 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. community-life edits needing home-movie footage of a public folk dance performance in Iowa.
Period detail: The long skirts, bonnets, fitted bodices, spectator dress, picket fence, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s community performance setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves a visitor-shot view of dancers passing the camera while spectators watch casually from behind the fence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include costumed dancers, long skirts, bonnets, a paved performance area, a white picket fence, seated and standing spectators, trees, and parked cars.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, cultural-event cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a sequence about 1950s community gatherings.
Historical context: The scene shows a public folk-style dance presentation with spectators, suggesting organized community entertainment without identifying the specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and event context may need review even if no logos, brands, or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1959 Iowa 8mm home movie folk dance, 1950s girls dance performance, or vintage community festival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel scenes, then other Iowa 1959 public gatherings, then broader 1950s folk dance or community performance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Iowa home-movie footage, young women in long skirts and bonnets dance across a paved area before a park crowd. — Dancers in colorful period costumes move past spectators behind a picket fence.

Costumed dancers in pink, purple, and pale dresses move in formation during an Iowa public performance in 1959. — Folk-style dancers pass in front of a sunlit crowd at a park setting.

Several dancers in long skirts and fitted bodices cross the paved performance area while spectators watch in the background. — A line of dancers in period-style costumes moves across the frame.

Dancers in blue, pink, and pale dresses pass the camera during the 1959 Iowa community performance. — The dance procession continues past the camera with the audience behind the fence.

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