Chadron Nebraska-1959: A Woman Tests a Flashlight Outside at Night

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationChadron, Nebraska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Nebraska

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A Woman Tests a Flashlight Outside at Night — Clip Details

A woman in a green collared shirt and glasses stands outside a brick building at night in Chadron, Nebraska, 1959. She holds a flashlight, testing its beam with focused attention. The 8mm film captures her in profile, the dim light creating a moody, grainy atmosphere. Her curly hair and vintage attire reflect the era's style, while the handheld camera movement adds to the authentic home movie feel. This archival footage offers a quiet, candid moment of domestic life from the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: HandheldNight
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: 125881734

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Chadron, Nebraska, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or editorial scenes needing a quiet nighttime domestic moment with a woman handling a flashlight.
Period detail: The collared green shirt, eyeglasses, 8mm color stock, and 1959 Chadron metadata place the scene in late-1950s everyday home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears unposed as she looks down and turns with the flashlight, giving the clip a candid record of a small practical action at night.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in glasses, a green collared shirt, a handheld flashlight, dark window openings, white window trim, and a brick exterior wall.
Film character: The scan shows heavy grain, low-light exposure, blue-green color shift, soft focus, and handheld framing characteristic of nighttime 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for nighttime domestic life, practical light use, or midcentury home-movie atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene documents an ordinary outdoor nighttime action in Chadron, Nebraska, with clothing and filming style consistent with the supplied 1959 home-movie metadata.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, children, or clearly private interiors are shown.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Chadron Nebraska home movie, woman with flashlight at night, 1950s 8mm domestic footage, and vintage outdoor flashlight test.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel nighttime material, then other Chadron 1959 home movies, then broader 1950s domestic or flashlight-related scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Chadron, Nebraska, 1959, a woman in a green collared shirt looks down while holding a flashlight outside a brick building. — A woman handles a flashlight near a dark window during a nighttime home-movie shot.

The camera catches the woman in partial profile against the window and brick exterior.

In the 1959 Chadron home-movie frame, the woman lowers her gaze near the brick wall and dark window opening. — The woman looks down as the handheld camera stays close to the building exterior.

The woman faces sideways with the flashlight visible near her hand, framed against the dark window and brick wall in Chadron. — The flashlight reappears as the woman turns beside the window in the dim nighttime scene.

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