Michigan-1959: An Elegant Man Wearing A Suit Gets Into His Beautiful Blue Car

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

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An Elegant Man Wearing A Suit Gets Into His Beautiful... — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A man in a dark suit stands beside a sleek, deep blue classic convertible in a snowy suburban setting. The vintage 8mm film captures the car's elegant chrome trim and whitewall tires, with the man appearing to enter or inspect the vehicle. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of home movies from the late 1950s. The scene evokes mid-century American life and automotive elegance.

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: 125572112

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 mid-century automobile, winter suburb, or personal transportation cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show a late-1950s-style blue car with chrome trim and whitewall tires, with snowy ground supporting the 1959 Michigan context from metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A suited man is casually filmed beside the car, giving the clip an unstaged family-film view of personal style and vehicle ownership.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a deep blue car, chrome trim, whitewall tires, snow-covered ground, a suited man, soft trees, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century mobility, family life, winter suburbia, or car culture.
Historical context: The clip offers a small domestic glimpse of postwar-era American automobile pride without proving a specific event, owner, or vehicle make.
Research note: A visible adult may require likeness review, and vehicle design may need identification checks; copyright status is separate from likeness or property clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie, blue classic car in snow, suited man with vintage automobile, and mid-century whitewall tires.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Michigan footage, then broader 1950s automobile or winter suburb scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing a blue car with chrome trim and whitewall tire in snow, with a suited man partly visible. — A suited man stands partly obscured behind a blue car in a snowy setting.

1959 Michigan frame showing the rear side of a blue car with chrome bumper, tail lights, and a man standing nearby in snow. — The car's rear chrome and tail lights are visible as a man stands nearby.

Soft 8mm frame from 1959 Michigan showing the side of a blue car in snow, with chrome detailing and a man partly visible. — A soft-focus side view emphasizes the blue car's chrome trim and whitewall tire.

The final frame gives the clearest profile view of the blue car in the snow.

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