New York-1959: Shoveling Snow From Pavement In The Daytime

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Shoveling Snow From Pavement In The Daytime — Clip Details

A person in a green winter coat and boots shovels snow from a pavement in New York during the daytime in 1959. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows the individual clearing snow near a vintage car, with visible film grain and slight color fading typical of home movies from the era. The scene captures a quiet, everyday winter chore in a cold, snowy urban environment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125574080

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: new york
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: New York, 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 New York documentary or commercial edits needing everyday winter street maintenance in home-movie form.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1950s winter clothing, boots, a metal snow shovel, pavement snow, and part of a parked car consistent with the 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged view of a person doing a practical winter chore while the camera looks down from a nearby vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green winter coat, dark boots, snow shovel, snowy pavement, curb edge, parked car detail, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded cool color, exposure bloom on snow, frame borders, and small dust marks that signal physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, seasonal transition, neighborhood cutaway, or memory beat for urban winter life.
Historical context: The clip offers a modest view of domestic or neighborhood snow clearing rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are visible, and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 New York snow shoveling, 1950s 8mm winter street footage, home movie snow removal, and vintage urban sidewalk chores.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel winter scenes, then other 1959 New York home movies, then broader snow removal or everyday street-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York home-movie frame showing a person in a green winter coat using a snow shovel on snowy pavement near a car. — A person clears snow from pavement beside a parked car.

1959 New York frame with a person’s legs and boots on bright snowy pavement, with a shovel handle and snow buildup visible. — Boots and shovel appear against bright snow during pavement clearing.

1959 New York home-movie frame showing a bundled person bending with a shovel beside snowy pavement and a partial car wheel. — The person bends into the shoveling motion near a parked car.

1959 New York frame showing a person in a green winter coat pushing or lifting snow with a shovel near a parked car. — A bundled figure continues clearing snow from the pavement.

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