New Jersey-1958: Man in Hat Walks onto Porch by Gas Tank

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New Jersey

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Man in Hat Walks onto Porch by Gas Tank — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this grainy home movie captures a man in a light-colored hat and shirt walking through a doorway onto a porch. The footage, likely from a New Jersey home, shows a large cylindrical gas tank and fencing in the background. The image is soft-focused with visible film grain and scratches, characteristic of vintage Super 8 home movies. The man appears to be holding an object near his face as he moves through the frame. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse into mid-century American domestic life.

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: 125506858

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: New Jersey, 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 domestic-life requests needing brief archival home-movie footage of a man moving through a porch or doorway area in New Jersey.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century residential details, including a porch doorway, fencing, and a large cylindrical tank near a house exterior.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged home-movie moment, with a man briefly entering or crossing a porch area as the camera records from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a doorway or porch opening, a man in light clothing, dark vertical frame edges, fencing, a large tank shape, house siding, and film dust.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, muted exposure, visible grain, scratches, and uneven frame alignment that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short domestic insert, transition, or memory beat between wider scenes of 1950s family or neighborhood life.
Historical context: The scene gives a modest view of residential outdoor space and household infrastructure without enough detail to identify the property or people.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and property considerations should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 New Jersey home movie, 8mm man on porch, 1950s doorway footage, residential gas tank, and vintage domestic exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 New Jersey home exteriors, and then with broader 1950s domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1958 8mm New Jersey home-movie frame showing a faint man near a doorway or porch area, with dark film borders and exterior structures. — A man is faintly visible near a porch doorway in a soft, grainy home-movie frame.

Blurred 1958 home-movie frame from New Jersey showing a large pale cylindrical tank shape near an exterior area, with heavy softness and film wear. — A large cylindrical tank shape appears in a soft exterior view beside dark frame edges.

Very soft 1958 New Jersey 8mm frame with a faint man in light clothing near a porch or doorway, surrounded by indistinct residential exterior forms. — The figure remains faint in a blurred porch-area view with visible film grain and scratches.

Soft 1958 New Jersey home-movie frame showing a pale tank-like cylinder, fencing, and vertical exterior lines in a residential yard or porch area. — Fencing and a pale cylindrical tank shape are visible in the final soft exterior frame.

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