Jones Beach New York-1956: A Car Pulls Into A Parking Lot To Park A Man Is Very

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationJones Beach, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Jones Beach New York

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A Car Pulls Into A Parking Lot To Park A Man Is Very — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a classic American scene at Jones Beach, New York. The footage, viewed from inside a car, shows a row of 1950s automobiles parked along a tree-lined lot. A dark green sedan pulls into the frame and parks, its chrome details and rounded bodywork typical of the era. The view shifts as the car moves, revealing a grassy field beyond the parking area. The film exhibits natural grain and slight motion blur, evoking authentic mid-century nostalgia.

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: 125304924

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1956 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: Jones Beach, New York, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. transportation, leisure-travel, or parking-lot cutaways where an editor needs real 8mm home-movie footage of cars arriving at Jones Beach.
Period detail: The rounded car bodies, chrome trim, hood ornament, and broad paved lot may show mid-1950s automobile design and beach-park parking infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger-seat perspective, with the camera looking through car windows as the vehicle moves past parked cars and lawn.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include parked 1950s cars, a tree-lined lot, a car hood and windshield wipers, grass, shrubs, and soft roadside depth beyond the pavement.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, gate framing, natural grain, slight motion blur, and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an arrival insert, transportation transition, beach-trip memory beat, or cutaway between broader Jones Beach scenes.
Historical context: The footage places private automobile travel within a public recreation setting, showing how a beach visit could begin with parking and movement through a landscaped lot.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable plates are apparent in these stills, but copyright, location permissions, and any hidden vehicle identifiers should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Jones Beach parking lot, 8mm home movie cars, vintage New York beach arrival, and midcentury automobile travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Jones Beach footage, then broader 1950s car, parking, beach, and family-travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Jones Beach view from inside a car, looking across a paved parking area with rows of midcentury automobiles and dense trees. — Passenger-side view of parked cars in a tree-lined Jones Beach lot.

1956 Jones Beach parking-lot view with chrome-trimmed cars, a visible hood ornament area, and dark window framing from inside the vehicle. — Interior car view across a row of parked midcentury automobiles.

1956 Jones Beach home-movie frame from a moving car, with green shrubs, lawn, and the vehicle hood softened by motion blur. — Moving car view past greenery and lawn near the parking area.

1956 Jones Beach view through a car window toward a grassy field bordered by trees, with the car hood and windshield wiper in the foreground. — Car-window view of grass and trees beyond the parking lot.

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