Michigan-1959: Drunk Man Holding Bottle Waves to Camera Near Old Lady

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 in Michigan

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Drunk Man Holding Bottle Waves to Camera Near Old Lady — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A young man in a blue V-neck sweater holds a wine bottle while playfully waving at the camera in a home setting. An older woman in a white blouse sits nearby, focused on a dark bag. The scene unfolds in a modest room with green walls and a window with sheer curtains, captured on grainy 8mm film. The man's animated expression and the woman's quiet demeanor create a candid, nostalgic moment of mid-century domestic life.

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: 125571478

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 2228 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: howard black,
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: flint michigan
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1950s Michigan home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for candid mid-century domestic interiors and informal adult social behavior.
Period detail: The green-painted room, sheer curtains, simple doorway trim, dark handbag, and V-neck sweater may show modest late-1950s home furnishings and clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged family-camera moment as a young man performs playfully with a bottle while an older woman remains absorbed in her bag nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older seated woman, a young man close to the lens, a bottle held toward the camera, green walls, a doorway, sheer curtains, a dark bag, and soft interior light.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that give the clip a candid home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or domestic cutaway for family gatherings, alcohol-adjacent social scenes, or informal household humor.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for private mid-century domestic life, with adults filmed casually inside a home rather than in a staged public setting.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie man holding bottle, drunk man waving to camera, older woman indoors, and mid-century family interior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 home interiors, and then broader 1950s candid family or party-related home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Michigan home interior, an older woman in a light blouse sits beside green walls and sheer curtains while looking into a dark bag. — Older woman seated with a bag in a green-walled room.

A young man smiles very close to the 8mm camera inside the Michigan home, with the frame heavily overexposed and softly focused. — Smiling young man close to the lens.

A young man in a blue V-neck sweater holds a bottle and gestures playfully from a doorway in the 1959 Michigan home interior. — Young man leaning in with a bottle.

The young man stands near the doorway holding a bottle toward the camera, with green walls and a curtained kitchen or adjoining room behind him. — Man holding a bottle near the doorway.

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