New Jersey-1958: House Surrounded by Trees

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

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House Surrounded by Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a quiet suburban scene in New Jersey. The footage shows a modest brown house surrounded by lush green trees and grass, with a small wooden shed visible in the yard. The camera moves slightly, offering different angles of the property, all rendered in the soft, grainy quality characteristic of Super 8 film. The image is slightly out of focus and shows signs of age, including dust and scratches, enhancing its nostalgic, archival feel. This clip evokes a sense of everyday life in mid-century America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125506861

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New Jersey suburban exterior requests needing a quiet residential cutaway, neighborhood establishing insert, or domestic memory beat.
Period detail: The modest wood-sided house, screen porch, simple shed, and leafy yard may show mid-century suburban residential surroundings without identifiable public landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view lingers on the property from outside, suggesting an unstaged home-movie record of a familiar house and yard rather than a composed travel scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown house, screened porch, white door, mature trees, yard grass, a small shed, windows, and porch steps.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight handheld drift, and dust marks give the brief shot a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an exterior insert, transitional neighborhood view, or reflective cutaway for postwar domestic life or family-memory sequences.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for ordinary residential landscapes in 1950s New Jersey, centered on house form, trees, and yard space rather than public activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-release needs should be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Searches such as 1958 New Jersey house exterior, 8mm suburban home movie, mid-century yard and porch, or vintage residential cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 New Jersey residential exteriors, then broader 1950s suburban home and yard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New Jersey home-movie frame showing a small wooden shed, trees, and open yard in muted color. — A small shed stands beyond trees in a quiet residential yard.

1958 New Jersey frame with a brown house exterior, porch area, windows, and leafy branches in front. — Tree branches partially cover the brown house and porch area.

1958 New Jersey home-movie view of a brown house facade, porch rail, window, tree trunks, and grass. — A brown house sits behind foreground trees and grass.

1958 New Jersey residential exterior showing a screened porch, white door, steps, shrubs, and a large tree trunk. — The screened porch and doorway are framed by a large tree and shrubs.

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