Long Island New York-1965: A Middle Aged Man Gets Into An Old Yellow Car

Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationLong Island, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Long Island New York

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A Middle Aged Man Gets Into An Old Yellow Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1965, this vintage home movie captures a man in a light-colored suit stepping into a classic yellow car with a blue roof. The scene unfolds at a lakeside beach in Long Island, New York, with a wooden gazebo, a large gas tank, and distant houses visible across the water. The footage features the characteristic grain and color shift of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic summer day. The man opens the driver's door, climbs in, and the clip ends with the car's front view, showcasing its vintage design and chrome details.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124938720

Rights & Clearance

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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1965 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Long Island, New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 1960s Long Island home-movie requests needing an everyday arrival, vintage car detail, or waterfront summer atmosphere for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows a mid-century yellow sedan with chrome trim, a blue roof, open driver door, beach structures, utility poles, and waterfront houses consistent with the 1965 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie moment of a man approaching and entering a car while the camera observes from a casual beachside distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow sedan, an adult man, open car door, sandy waterfront, gazebo-like shelter, distant houses, utility poles, and a large tank or industrial structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for suburban travel, family outings, beach access, or mid-century automobile context.
Historical context: The scene suggests ordinary leisure mobility in a Long Island waterfront setting, with a private car positioned near a beach and residential shoreline.
Research note: A visible adult face may require likeness review, and the vehicle and waterfront property context should be checked separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1965 8mm Long Island beach footage, vintage yellow car home movie, mid-century waterfront arrival, and man entering classic sedan.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Long Island 1965 material, and then with 1960s beach, driving, or family-outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Long Island waterfront view with sandy beach, small shelter, distant shoreline houses, utility poles, and a large tank at left. — Beachside waterfront setting with shelter and distant shoreline before the car appears.

Adult man beside the open driver door of a yellow mid-century sedan near a Long Island waterfront in 1965. — Man stands by the open driver door of the yellow sedan near the beach.

Yellow mid-century sedan seen from the front with an adult man partly visible beside the driver side at the waterfront location. — Front view of the yellow sedan with the man beside the driver side.

Yellow sedan with blue roof faces the camera while the driver door remains open near the Long Island waterfront setting. — The car faces the camera with its driver door open at the end of the clip.

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