Michigan-1959: Woman Washing Dishes in Retro Kitchen

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

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Woman Washing Dishes in Retro Kitchen — Clip Details

A woman in a white blouse and dark skirt washes dishes at a kitchen sink in this 1959 8mm home movie from Michigan. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the footage captures a quiet domestic moment with warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain. The kitchen features a retro white refrigerator, wooden cabinets, and a potted fern in the foreground. The woman moves methodically, her short dark hair and focused expression reflecting the era's household routines. This authentic slice of mid-century American life offers nostalgic, archival footage ideal for documentaries, period pieces, or historical content.

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: 125572199

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: Supports requests for 1950s Michigan home-movie footage of domestic kitchen work for documentaries, period inserts, and social history edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include a white rounded refrigerator, wood cabinet doors, a compact kitchen radio, glassware, and simple clothing that may show late-1950s household interiors.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears absorbed in washing dishes, giving the scene an unstaged record of ordinary household routine rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: The frames show a woman at a sink, a white refrigerator, wood cabinetry, glassware on the counter, a small radio, dish items, and a potted fern in the foreground.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet domestic cutaway, household routine insert, memory beat, or transition into mid-century family life material.
Historical context: The clip documents a private kitchen chore in a mid-century American home, with the camera observing everyday domestic labor in a modest interior.
Research note: A visible adult and private interior require likeness and property review; no logos are readable, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Michigan home movie kitchen, woman washing dishes, 1950s domestic chores, and 8mm family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Michigan 1959 interiors, then broader clips of domestic chores and mid-century kitchens.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Michigan home-movie footage, a woman stands at a kitchen sink near a white refrigerator, glassware, and a potted fern. — Woman works at the sink in a small retro kitchen, with a refrigerator and fern visible nearby.

The woman remains at the sink in the Michigan kitchen, handling dishes beneath wood cabinets with counter items visible. — The camera holds on the woman washing dishes, with glassware and cabinet doors in the background.

A woman in a white top and dark skirt leans over the sink in a 1959 Michigan kitchen, with dishes and glassware on the counter. — Woman bends toward the sink while washing dishes in the compact home kitchen.

The woman reaches along the counter in the private Michigan kitchen, with the refrigerator, sink area, glassware, and small radio visible. — Woman reaches across the counter as the home movie records a routine kitchen task.

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