Chicago Illinois-1958: Short Color Film Of A Train Leaving A Station With People

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Short Color Film Of A Train Leaving A Station With People — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a white and green passenger train departing a station. The footage, filmed from a moving perspective, shows the train's side profile with passengers visible through the windows. The train features a distinctive two-tone paint scheme with a teal lower section and a yellow stripe. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight motion blur, and natural color fading, evoking a nostalgic mid-century travel experience. This archival clip offers authentic period footage of American rail travel.

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: 124936360

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: 1958 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: Chicago, Illinois, 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: 1950s Chicago rail-travel footage suited for documentary inserts, transit history sequences, and period travel cutaways needing authentic home-movie material.
Period detail: The two-tone passenger train, station platform canopy, rectangular car windows, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s rail-station setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, filmed from a nearby moving position as the passenger cars pass the station platform rather than from a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white and teal passenger train, yellow side stripe, station platform, canopy roof, window rows, dark frame edges, and faint passengers inside.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, motion blur, dust specks, gate edges, and faded color typical of small-gauge mid-century home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief transit insert, travel transition, station departure cutaway, or memory beat within a Chicago or American rail sequence.
Historical context: The frames show everyday passenger rail movement at a station, with people glimpsed aboard and platform architecture visible in passing.
Research note: People appear through train windows, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Chicago train station, 1950s passenger rail home movie, 8mm train leaving platform, and vintage American rail travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Chicago material, then broader mid-century rail station and passenger travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Chicago home-movie frame of a white and teal passenger train moving past a station platform, seen with soft focus and film dust. — A passenger train passes close to the camera at a station platform.

The side of the train moves past the platform canopy.

A soft 8mm frame shows the passing train at the station, with faint passengers visible through the lower windows. — Passengers are faintly visible through the moving train windows.

The passenger train continues past the Chicago station platform, showing window rows, teal lower paint, and platform supports. — The train continues along the platform as the station structure recedes.

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