Michigan-1959: Two Men Shaking Hands and Drinking Beer

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

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Two Men Shaking Hands and Drinking Beer — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: Two men in a home setting share a celebratory moment, shaking hands and drinking beer from a brown bottle. One man in a white shirt and tie takes a drink while the other, in a striped shirt, watches and smiles. The scene captures a candid, joyful interaction with warm, slightly faded colors typical of 8mm home movie footage from the late 1950s. The grainy texture and soft focus enhance the nostalgic, archival feel of this vintage moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125572000

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: Useful for 1950s Michigan home-movie requests needing a brief adult social greeting, celebratory handshake, or informal beer-sharing moment in a domestic interior.
Period detail: The clothing, narrow tie, patterned shirt, window coverings, wood door, and warm 8mm color may show late-1950s domestic style consistent with the supplied 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged interaction as two adult men smile, shake hands, and take turns drinking from the same brown bottle.
What appears in frame: Visible details include two adult men, a handshake, a brown bottle, a white shirt and tie, a striped shirt, patterned curtains, a window shade, and a wood interior door.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, warm faded color, slight blur, and handheld home-movie framing give the clip a physical 8mm family-reel texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, memory beat, or transition suggesting congratulations, friendship, hospitality, or informal adult celebration.
Historical context: The scene documents a small private social ritual inside a home, with adult men presenting a cordial handshake and shared drink rather than a public event.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie men shaking hands, vintage beer drinking indoors, adult celebration, and domestic social gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 home interiors, then related themes of adult gatherings, handshakes, beer drinking, and family celebrations.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a Michigan 1959 home-movie frame, two adult men shake hands as the man in a white shirt and tie drinks from a brown bottle. — Two men shake hands indoors as one takes a drink from a brown bottle.

The man in the white shirt and tie drinks from the bottle while shaking hands with a smiling man in a striped shirt. — A handshake continues as the man in the white shirt drinks and the other man smiles.

The bottle has passed to the man in the striped shirt, who drinks while the man in the white shirt maintains the handshake. — The man in the striped shirt takes a drink during the same friendly handshake.

Inside a Michigan home setting, the man in the striped shirt drinks from the brown bottle while both men keep shaking hands. — The handshake carries on while the man in the striped shirt drinks from the bottle.

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