California-1955: Man Sunbathes Fully Clothed While Woman Comes Close And Kisses

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Sunbathes Fully Clothed While Woman Comes Close And... — Clip Details

A man in a green and white striped shirt and light-colored pants relaxes in a turquoise lawn chair in a sun-drenched California backyard, 1955. A woman in a blue and white checkered dress approaches and leans in to kiss him on the cheek. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural sunlight, lush green hedges, and a brick wall, with visible film grain and slight motion blur typical of vintage home movies. The scene captures a quiet, intimate moment of domestic life from the mid-20th century.

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: 125290609

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 1449 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: david,alex
Reel-level year note: 1953-1955-1956
Reel-level location note: palm springs california
Date: 1955 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: California, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California home-movie footage for productions needing a brief domestic backyard moment with adults relaxing and showing affection.
Period detail: The clothing, turquoise lawn chair, manicured hedge, brick edging, and 8mm color look support a mid-1950s suburban California home setting.
Home-movie behavior: An adult man lounges informally in the sun as a woman approaches and gives him a cheek kiss, preserving an unstaged family-life gesture.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reclining man, a woman in a blue checked dress, a turquoise lawn chair, green hedges, brick edging, lawn, and part of a house exterior.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, saturated daylight color, slight blur, and uneven exposure that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or domestic-life cutaway within a sequence about 1950s family leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century backyard leisure and casual affection in a private residential setting without showing public events or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: Adults and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status, location permissions, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s California home movie backyard kiss, man sunbathing in lawn chair, and vintage 8mm domestic leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 California backyard scenes, then broader 1950s family affection or leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 California home-movie footage, a man reclines in a turquoise backyard lawn chair in bright sunlight. — A man relaxes in a turquoise lawn chair in a sunlit backyard.

The man remains stretched out in a turquoise chair, framed by hedges, lawn, brick edging, and part of a house exterior. — The seated man stays relaxed as the backyard setting remains in view.

A woman in a blue checked dress approaches the reclining man in the sunlit California backyard scene. — A woman steps beside the man as he reclines in the lawn chair.

The woman bends toward the seated man and appears to kiss him on the cheek in a 1955 California backyard. — The woman leans in close to kiss the man while he sits in the chair.

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