Michigan-1959: Relaxed Man Flipping A Record In His Home Filled With Life

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

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Relaxed Man Flipping A Record In His Home Filled With Life — Clip Details

A man in a plaid flannel shirt stands in a 1959 Michigan home, viewed from behind as he leans toward a record player near a window with patterned curtains. The room features mint green walls, a vintage television, framed photos, and a large potted monstera plant. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet domestic moment with natural daylight and authentic mid-century decor, evoking a nostalgic, relaxed 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: 125573762

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: Supports requests for late-1950s Michigan domestic life, mid-century interiors, and quiet home-movie moments for documentary, museum, education, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, patterned curtains, framed family photos, television set, record player area, mint green walls, and large houseplant may show late-1950s home decor and leisure habits.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged value in the man's casual movement as he leans toward the record player or furniture, filmed from inside a private room rather than arranged for performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a plaid shirt, curtained windows, a dark television or cabinet, framed pictures, a tabletop clock or ornament, mint green walls, and a large potted plant.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, uneven exposure, and saturated color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, memory beat, room-detail cutaway, or transition into scenes about music, family interiors, leisure, or postwar home life.
Historical context: The clip documents a private living room setting where recorded music, family photographs, houseplants, and television-era furnishings share the same domestic space.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may require review even when no logos or audible music are identified in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Michigan home movie, 8mm man with record player, mid-century living room, vintage domestic interior, and family home leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1959 Michigan interiors, and then with related home-movie themes such as music, living rooms, and everyday family life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Michigan home interior, a man in a plaid shirt leans toward furniture near a curtained window, with framed photos and decor visible. — Man leaning near a curtained window in a mid-century living room.

A man in a plaid shirt stands near the window of a 1959 Michigan living room, with a large potted plant and patterned curtains visible. — Man beside the window and potted plant in the home interior.

A large potted plant dominates the 1959 Michigan living room view while the man in plaid bends near furniture by the window. — Potted plant and curtained windows with the man partly turned away.

The man in plaid is partly visible at the edge of a 1959 Michigan home interior, with a large potted plant and curtained window in view. — Man partly leaving the frame beside the houseplant and window.

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