Michigan-1959: Two Women Relaxing In A Living Room

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

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Two Women Relaxing In A Living Room — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: Two women relax in a dimly lit living room, captured on vintage 8mm film. One woman in a plaid dress sits in a chair, while the other in a white top and patterned skirt adjusts her clothing. A striped lampshade casts warm light over a small table with a radio, creating a cozy, intimate atmosphere. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage evokes authentic mid-century domestic life and personal memories.

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: 125573386

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 domestic-life requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of adults relaxing indoors.
Period detail: The plaid dress, upholstered chair, side table, shaded lamp, and small tabletop radio may show late-1950s middle-class living room decor.
Home-movie behavior: The women appear relaxed and informal, with one seated in profile and another adjusting clothing near the table in an unstaged home setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, a plaid dress, a white sleeveless top, an upholstered chair, a side table, a striped lampshade, a radio, and a fireplace or cabinet.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and warm lamp-lit color shifts typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, memory beat, or quiet transition for mid-century family life and private interiors.
Historical context: The footage offers a small view of adult women in a private Michigan living room, emphasizing ordinary leisure rather than a public event.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may remain separate from any copyright review.
Research search match: Searches for 1959 Michigan home movie, 1950s women living room, vintage 8mm domestic interior, or mid-century family leisure may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel interior scenes, then Michigan 1959 home footage, then broader 1950s domestic leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Michigan living room, two women sit near an upholstered chair, side table, glowing lamp, and small radio. — Two women relax in a dim living room with a lamp and radio nearby.

A seated woman faces another woman across a lamp-lit living room.

In the living room, the seated woman in plaid looks toward another woman reaching near the table with the lamp and radio. — One woman remains seated as the other reaches toward the side table.

A woman in a plaid dress smiles from an upholstered chair beside a lamp-lit table in the Michigan home interior. — The seated woman turns toward the camera from the living room chair.

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