Michigan-1959: Family Dinner In A Dimly Lit Room With Blue Tinted 8mm Film

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

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Family Dinner In A Dimly Lit Room With Blue Tinted 8mm Film — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A grainy 8mm home movie captures a family dinner in a dimly lit room, bathed in deep blue and purple hues typical of vintage film. A man in a white shirt and tie sits beside another man in a red shirt, both focused on their meal. The table is set with dishes and drinks, and hands reach for food, conveying a casual, intimate gathering. The footage shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain of 8mm film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American domestic life.

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: 125572883

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: Yes

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Michigan domestic-life requests needing brief 8mm footage of a family meal in a private interior.
Period detail: The clothing, table setting, and metadata-supported 1959 date place the scene in a mid-century American home setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal meal behavior, with people eating, reaching across the table, and reacting to the home-movie camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a dinner table, bowls, cups, serving dishes, a white shirt and tie, a red shirt, and dim room walls.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, low-light exposure, blue-purple color shift, soft focus, and slight handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic memory beat, family-dinner insert, or quiet transition within a mid-century home-life sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows a small private gathering around food, offering visual context for everyday family interiors in late-1950s Michigan.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm family dinner, vintage home movie meal, mid-century domestic interior, and low-light family gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1959 Michigan home interiors, then broader family meal and domestic-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing people gathered around a dimly lit dinner table in a private home. — Family members sit around a low-lit dinner table with dishes and drinks.

A man in a light shirt leans by a dinner table during a dim 1959 Michigan home-movie meal scene. — A man leans toward the table as the meal continues in low light.

A dim 8mm frame shows seated figures and raised hands near a family dinner table in Michigan. — Hands move near the table as figures sit in a darkened dining space.

Two men sit at a dinner table in a 1959 Michigan home movie, one serving from a bowl beside a man in a tie. — Two men sit side by side at the table, focused on the meal.

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