Michigan-1959: White American Family Putting An Extension In Their Dining Room

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

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White American Family Putting An Extension In Their... — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A young man in a white shirt and another person in a plaid shirt handle a stack of white rectangular panels, likely a dining table extension, in a dimly lit home. The grainy 8mm film captures a quiet domestic moment with vintage 1950s clothing and a classic white car briefly visible in a projected image. The scene evokes mid-century American family life and home movie nostalgia.

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: 125573803

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

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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: 1959 Michigan home-movie footage useful for productions needing a brief domestic mid-century family-life insert with adults handling a dining-room table extension.
Period detail: The clip shows 1950s clothing, a dim private interior, white rectangular table leaves or pads, and a white mid-century car visible in one frame.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged handling of household furniture by family members inside a private home.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a plaid short-sleeve shirt, a white shirt, stacked white panels, a dining table, a doorway, and a white car outside.
Film character: The 8mm footage has saturated color, soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, domestic transition, or memory beat for mid-century home life and family interiors.
Historical context: The scene may show a postwar-era American household preparing or adjusting dining-room furniture in a private Michigan home.
Research note: People and private property are visible, so copyright status should be separated from likeness, privacy, and property-release review.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1959 Michigan home movie, 1950s family dining room, 8mm domestic interior, table extension, and mid-century family home.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1959 Michigan interiors, and then with related family dining or household-preparation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Michigan home-movie frame, two adults handle a white rectangular table panel in a dim dining-room interior. — Two adults appear to handle a table extension or pad inside a private dining area.

Stacked white table leaves or pads sit on a dark tabletop as adults stand nearby in the 1959 Michigan home interior. — Stacked white panels are shown on the table while adults stand just out of full view.

A man in a white shirt stands near a doorway or entry area in a dim 1959 Michigan home-movie interior. — A man moves near the doorway, with the private home interior softly lit behind him.

A white mid-century car appears outside near grass and trees in the 1959 Michigan home-movie footage. — A white car is briefly visible outdoors, framed closely along its side.

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