Alabama-1958: Man in White Shirt Cracks Coconut Shell on Sunny Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationAlabama, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Alabama

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Man in White Shirt Cracks Coconut Shell on Sunny Day — Clip Details

A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and gray trousers kneels on a concrete patio in Alabama in 1958, using a tool to crack open a coconut. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a sunny day with lush green grass and trees in the background. The man, wearing glasses and a wristwatch, focuses intently on removing the outer shell, with tools and coconut pieces scattered nearby. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125504597

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

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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: Alabama, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Alabama home-movie requests needing a brief domestic outdoor food-preparation or leisure cutaway.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, patio setting, and metadata-supported 1958 date place the scene in a late-1950s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears absorbed in the practical task of opening a coconut, giving the footage an unstaged family-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a kneeling man, white short-sleeved shirt, gray trousers, eyeglasses, wristwatch, concrete patio, hand tools, coconut pieces, lawn, and shrubs.
Film character: The clip has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld variation typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for domestic leisure, food handling, or midcentury outdoor home life.
Historical context: The scene shows a casual outdoor household activity in Alabama, with no visible landmark or public event tying it to a broader historical incident.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is partly visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or physical film ownership checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Alabama 8mm home movie, man cracking coconut, midcentury patio scene, and vintage outdoor food preparation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family footage, then other 1958 Alabama exterior scenes, then broader midcentury home food or leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Alabama home-movie footage, a man in a white short-sleeved shirt kneels on a patio while opening a coconut. — A kneeling man works on a coconut shell on a sunny patio.

The man bends forward over a coconut on a concrete patio in metadata-supported 1958 Alabama footage. — The man leans in to continue opening the coconut shell.

A man in glasses steadies a coconut on an outdoor patio, with hand tools and shell pieces visible nearby. — Tools and coconut pieces lie on the patio as the man works.

The kneeling man continues opening the coconut as another adult stands partly visible at the right edge of the 1958 Alabama frame. — Another adult is partly visible while the man continues the coconut task.

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