Michigan-1959: Grandma Having Fun At A Party With Family And Friends

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

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Grandma Having Fun At A Party With Family And Friends — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a joyful family gathering in a warmly lit home. A young man in a white shirt smiles while interacting with a woman with dark, styled hair, possibly a grandmother, who is later seen sitting at a table with stacked gift boxes. The scene features a retro interior with wood-paneled walls, a wall-mounted phone, and a patterned tablecloth, all rendered in the soft, grainy quality of 8mm film. The atmosphere is intimate and celebratory, evoking 1950s Americana.

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: 125572424

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 intimate family party footage for documentary, museum, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: Visible clues include wood-paneled walls, a wall-mounted telephone, white shirts, gift boxes, tableware, and soft indoor 8mm color that may show late-1950s domestic style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged family interaction, with adults smiling, sitting, talking, and moving around a table during a small private celebration.
What appears in frame: The clip shows adults at a table, stacked gift boxes, wood paneling, a wall phone, drinking glasses, a bottle, a cup, and handheld views across the room.
Film character: The footage has warm indoor exposure, visible grain, soft focus, slight blur, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, family-memory cutaway, party transition, or domestic-life beat within a 1950s personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for mid-century home entertaining, showing adults gathered informally in a private interior around gifts and tableware.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed even when copyright status is handled separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Michigan family party 8mm, 1950s home movie grandmother gathering, vintage indoor celebration, and mid-century family presents.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 home movies, then broader 1950s family-party or gift-opening footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing a smiling young man at an indoor family table with a woman in the foreground. — A young man smiles during an indoor family gathering.

Older woman in glasses sits near stacked gift boxes in a wood-paneled Michigan home interior from 1959. — An older woman sits at the table near gift boxes.

1959 Michigan frame of an older woman seated with arms folded near a table in a wood-paneled family room. — The older woman sits back beside the party table.

Indoor 1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing a party table with gift boxes, drinks, and adults gathered nearby. — Gift boxes and drinks sit on the table as adults gather around.

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