Michigan-1959: Home Video Of Man Laughing And Woman Gesturing At Dinner Table

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

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Home Video Of Man Laughing And Woman Gesturing At Dinner... — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A man in a white polo shirt laughs heartily while seated at a dinner table, his hand resting on his chin. The scene shifts to a woman in a blue and white checkered dress, also at the table, appearing contemplative with her hand near her mouth. The table is set with plates, bowls, and cups, suggesting a casual home meal. An oscillating fan is visible in the background, and a calendar hangs on the wall. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures authentic mid-century domestic life with natural grain and warm, slightly faded colors, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere.

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: 125573564

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 productions seeking 1950s Michigan home-movie material showing informal adult domestic life around a dinner table.
Period detail: The tableware, wall calendar, simple interior, clothing, and oscillating fan may show mid-century home dining details consistent with the 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the man's laughter and the woman's quiet hand gestures during a casual meal at home.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two seated adults, a set dinner table, plates, bowls, cups, an oscillating fan, a wall calendar, and a plain domestic interior.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, warm faded color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, memory beat, family-dinner cutaway, or transition within a mid-century personal history sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary adult home dining and social behavior in a private Michigan interior without making broader claims beyond the visible scene.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may need review separate from any copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Michigan home movie dinner table, 1950s domestic interior, man laughing at supper, and woman seated at table on 8mm film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1959 Michigan home interiors, then with broader mid-century family meal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Michigan home interior, a man in a white shirt laughs at a dinner table with dishes, cups, and an oscillating fan nearby. — A man laughs while seated beside a set dinner table in a private home interior.

The man continues laughing beside a mid-century dinner table in the Michigan home-movie scene, with stacked dishes and a fan visible. — The laughing man remains seated at the table as dishes and a fan fill the foreground.

In the same 1959 Michigan home interior, a woman in a blue checkered dress sits at the dinner table with her hand near her mouth. — A woman sits at the dinner table with dishes, cups, a fan, and wall calendar around her.

The woman remains seated in the 1959 Michigan dinner-table scene, looking down as her hand rests near her face amid dishes and cups. — The woman gestures quietly at the table, framed by a wall calendar and household fan.

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