Indiana-1959: Man on Couch Lighting Cigarette

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIndiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Indiana

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Man on Couch Lighting Cigarette — Clip Details

INDIANA-1959: A man in a green collared shirt sits on a couch in a mid-century living room, lighting a cigarette with a match. The scene, shot on 8mm film, captures the warm, grainy aesthetic of a 1950s home movie. He then appears in a pink shirt, relaxing in the same room with a lamp and furniture visible. The footage shows natural, unscripted moments of domestic life, with slight camera movement and the characteristic look of vintage Super 8 film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 125512435

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 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: Indiana, 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 Indiana domestic-life edits needing a brief home-movie view of an adult man relaxing indoors and lighting a cigarette.
Period detail: The living room furniture, table lamp, collared shirt, and cigarette use may show late-1950s middle-class home interiors and casual dress.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the man's quiet cigarette-lighting gesture and later relaxed smile toward someone off camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a couch or chair, table lamp, match or lighter action, cigarette, ashtray, plain wall, side furniture, and an adult man in casual shirts.
Film character: The 8mm image carries warm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, domestic transition, smoking-era cutaway, or memory beat within a family or mid-century lifestyle sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents an adult man in a private living room, offering social context for indoor leisure, smoking, and informal family filming in the 1950s.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Indiana 8mm home movie, man lighting cigarette indoors, mid-century living room, vintage domestic footage, and family-film smoking scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Indiana 1959 interiors, then with broader 1950s home, furniture, leisure, or smoking-related footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Indiana home-movie footage, a man in a green collared shirt sits in a living room while lighting a cigarette beside a lamp. — A seated man lights a cigarette in a mid-century living room.

The man remains seated in the Indiana living room, holding a cigarette in his mouth while his hand is raised near the flame or match. — The man continues lighting the cigarette while seated by the lamp.

A man in a pink shirt relaxes in the same private living room, seated back in a chair or couch with wall and furniture visible. — The man appears relaxed in the living room after the cigarette-lighting shot.

The man in the pink shirt smiles while seated in the Indiana living room, with a chair arm, side furniture, and lamp edge visible. — A relaxed seated man smiles toward someone off camera.

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