Michigan-1959: Elderly Woman Preparing Food in Kitchen

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

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Elderly Woman Preparing Food in Kitchen — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: An elderly woman in a purple blouse and glasses prepares food in a dimly lit kitchen, her hands working at a counter with a green bottle visible. The 8mm film captures the intimate, candid moment with a strong blue color cast and grainy texture, characteristic of home movies from the era. In the final frame, a second woman in a patterned dress enters the scene, joining her in the small kitchen. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century domestic life, with authentic details of 1950s home cooking and household routines.

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: 125572715

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: 1959 Michigan home-movie footage for productions needing a brief domestic kitchen food-preparation scene with older women in a private interior.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century kitchen details, including paneled cabinetry, a brick or tile wall surface, glasses, patterned clothing, and a small countertop workspace.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged domestic routine as an older woman works at the counter while another woman briefly enters the small kitchen space.
What appears in frame: Visible details include an older woman in a purple blouse, dark glasses, a countertop or sink area, a green bottle, wood cabinetry, dim kitchen walls, and a second woman in a patterned dress.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, soft focus, handheld framing, blue color shift, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic-life insert, food-preparation cutaway, family-memory beat, or quiet transition within a 1950s home sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for private household routines and women working together in a Michigan kitchen, without confirming identities or the occasion.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may require review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Michigan home movie kitchen, elderly woman preparing food, 8mm domestic cooking footage, and mid-century family kitchen interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1959 interiors, then broader 1950s home cooking and family domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Michigan home-movie footage, an older woman in a purple blouse bends over a dim kitchen counter while preparing food. — An older woman prepares food at a kitchen counter in a dim private interior.

The older woman continues working at the kitchen counter, with a green bottle and cabinet surfaces visible in the dim 1959 Michigan interior. — The woman works with her hands at the counter as kitchen objects sit nearby.

The woman turns near paneled cabinetry and a brick or tile wall surface inside the dim Michigan kitchen recorded on 8mm film. — The older woman shifts position beside the kitchen cabinets.

A second woman in a patterned dress enters the dim kitchen as the older woman in purple remains near the cabinetry. — A second woman joins the older woman in the small kitchen space.

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