Michigan-1959: Woman Cleaning Table in Mid-Century Kitchen

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

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Woman Cleaning Table in Mid-Century Kitchen — Clip Details

A woman in a white blouse and dark skirt cleans a kitchen table in a 1959 home movie shot on 8mm film. The vintage footage shows a mid-century kitchen with a white stove, potted plants, and wood-paneled walls. The woman moves methodically, her actions captured with the characteristic grain and soft focus of Super 8 home movies. The scene evokes a sense of domestic routine and everyday life in the late 1950s, with warm, slightly faded colors and a nostalgic atmosphere. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125572139

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 domestic-life archive requests needing real Michigan home-movie footage of household cleaning or kitchen routine.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s kitchen details including a white freestanding stove, wood-paneled surfaces, simple tableware, and potted houseplants.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a woman moving methodically through an ordinary cleaning task while the camera observes from a household viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a white blouse, a kitchen table, a white stove, potted plants, wood paneling, cabinet doors, and small countertop items.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure unevenness, and contact-sheet framing that reinforce its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, household-routine cutaway, memory beat, or transition into mid-century family-life material.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for everyday indoor domestic work in a private mid-century American home without making claims about the household.
Research note: A visible adult face and private interior may require likeness and property review, while copyright clearance should be assessed separately from those concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Michigan home movie kitchen cleaning, 1950s woman cleaning table, vintage 8mm domestic routine, and mid-century kitchen interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby footage from the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 home movies, then broader 1950s domestic kitchen and housework scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Michigan home-movie frame, a woman bends over a kitchen table beside a white stove, potted plants, and wood-paneled doors. — Woman cleaning or arranging items on a kitchen table near a stove and houseplants.

A woman in a white blouse bends over a kitchen table in a Michigan kitchen, with a white stove, potted plants, and paneled walls visible. — Woman continuing a household cleaning task at the kitchen table.

The home-movie frame shows a woman reaching across a kitchen table, partly obscured by potted plants, with a white stove behind her. — Woman reaches across the table while cleaning or moving small items.

A woman stands at the side of a kitchen table in the 1959 Michigan home movie, with a white stove, potted plant, yellow chair, and wood paneling visible. — Woman stands beside the kitchen table near the stove and chair.

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