Michigan-1959: Three Men Sharing A Meal And Laughing In A Dimly Lit Room

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

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Three Men Sharing A Meal And Laughing In A Dimly Lit Room — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively dinner gathering in a dimly lit room. A man in a white t-shirt and glasses sits at a table, while another man in a bright orange shirt smiles as he holds a white bowl. A third man in a white shirt and tie joins the scene, laughing and interacting with the others. The grainy, color-bleached footage with deep blue and purple tones reflects the era's film stock, creating an intimate, nostalgic atmosphere of shared mealtime joy.

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: 125572872

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 an intimate adult mealtime gathering, informal conversation, or domestic social cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s clothing and interiors, including a white dress shirt with tie, eyeglasses, a plain wall, and casual tableware.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged interaction as adults smile, pass food, and laugh in a close indoor setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult men, a partially seen woman, a white bowl, table dishes, eyeglasses, a tie, and a dim private room.
Film character: The 8mm footage has heavy grain, soft focus, blue-purple color shift, uneven exposure, and close handheld framing typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, domestic-life insert, family meal cutaway, or transition into a scene about social gatherings.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for midcentury home entertaining without identifying the people, household, occasion, or exact relationship among participants.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie dinner, adults sharing food, indoor family gathering, and vintage mealtime laughter.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 interiors, then broader 1950s home dining or family gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing two adult men at an indoor table, with dishes visible and low blue-purple lighting. — Two men sit at a table during a dimly lit indoor meal.

1959 Michigan frame of two adult men sharing food indoors, one holding a white bowl while the other smiles in a shirt and tie. — A man holds a bowl as another man smiles beside him.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing adults gathered at a table, with food or dishes partly visible in a dark interior. — Adults gather closely around a table during the meal.

1959 Michigan frame showing a man in a white shirt and tie near a woman with glasses during an indoor home gathering. — A man turns toward a woman with glasses in the dim room.

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