Iowa USA-1959: Two People Performing On Stage With Microphone And Flame

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

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Two People Performing On Stage With Microphone And Flame — Clip Details

IOWA USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a dimly lit performance scene with two people on stage, one holding a microphone. A woman in a patterned dress and a man in a dark suit stand under warm, flickering stage lights, with a bright flame visible in the foreground. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality with strong blue and orange color shifts, typical of 1950s Super 8 film. A person sits in the audience, partially visible, watching the act. The scene evokes a sense of community entertainment from the late 1950s, with authentic film artifacts and natural movement.

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: 124867784

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: Yes

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 Iowa home-movie requests needing a brief community entertainment or amateur stage-performance insert.
Period detail: The dress, dark suit, standing microphone, audience viewpoint, and warm stage lighting may show a late-1950s local performance setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a spectator's handheld view of performers and nearby audience, with attention shifting between the stage act and equipment-like close views.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two stage performers, a microphone stand, a bright flame, seated audience figures, dark stage surroundings, and close blue-lit mechanical details.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, low-light softness, strong blue and orange color shifts, flicker, and uneven exposure from the stage lighting.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for amateur entertainment, nightlife, or local community culture.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal public entertainment viewed from the audience, but the specific venue, performers, and act are not identified in the frames.
Research note: People and possible audible music require review for likeness and music rights, separate from any copyright status of the physical film scan.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Iowa 8mm stage performance, vintage home movie microphone act, flame on stage, and midcentury community entertainment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel performance or audience shots, then Iowa 1959 material, then broader 1950s amateur stage and community-event footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing two performers on a dark stage, one near a microphone, with a bright flame at lower left. — Two performers stand by a microphone as a flame burns in the foreground.

Blue-toned 1959 Iowa home-movie frame with hands near a mechanical-looking object or equipment, surrounded by seated figures. — A close blue-lit view shows hands near equipment or a prop.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing a blue-lit close-up of hands beside equipment or a prop, with dark clothing at the edges. — Hands and equipment or a prop fill the blue-lit frame.

Blue-toned 1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing equipment or a stage prop from close range, with hands and seated people partly visible. — The camera stays close on a blue-lit prop or equipment among seated figures.

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