Michigan-1959: Good Ole Boys Sitting Around Relaxing Enjoying Each Other

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

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Good Ole Boys Sitting Around Relaxing Enjoying Each Other — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: Two men in a dimly lit living room share a relaxed moment, one in a red shirt and the other in a plaid shirt, sitting near a vintage lamp with a tiered shade. The scene captures casual socializing in a home setting with patterned wallpaper and a window showing a snowy outdoor view. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural film grain, warm color tones, and authentic mid-century domestic atmosphere, evoking nostalgia for 1950s American family life.

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: 125572529

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 domestic social scene with adult men relaxing indoors for documentary, museum, or editorial context.
Period detail: The patterned wallpaper, tiered table lamp, casual shirts, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s domestic setting without identifying a specific household.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear relaxed and unposed, sharing a quiet living-room moment as the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a red shirt, a plaid shirt, a tiered lamp shade, patterned wallpaper, a window, snowy outdoor light, and dark living-room furniture.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, dim interior exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic cutaway, social-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about family gatherings, male friendship, or mid-century home life.
Historical context: The footage shows informal adult socializing inside a private Michigan home, offering a small-scale view of mid-century household leisure rather than a public event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may require review separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movies, 1950s men indoors, vintage living-room socializing, and mid-century domestic family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Michigan 1959 interiors, and then with broader 1950s home socializing or family-gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Michigan home interior, two adult men sit near a tiered lamp with patterned wallpaper and a bright window behind them. — Two men sit beside a lamp in a dim living room with winter light at the window.

Two adult men in a Michigan living room sit beside a tiered lamp, with one man in plaid lifting his hand near his face. — A seated man in plaid raises his hand while another man looks on beside the lamp.

The camera frames two adult men seated close together in a 1959 Michigan living room with a tiered lamp and bright window. — Two men sit in profile near a tiered lamp and window inside the home.

The two men remain seated beside the lamp, with the bright window behind them.

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