Wheeling Ohio-1957: View Of A Pair Religious Figurines In Dimly Lit Room

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWheeling, Ohio, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Wheeling Ohio

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View Of A Pair Religious Figurines In Dimly Lit Room — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this grainy home movie captures a dimly lit interior scene featuring two religious figurines. A larger figure, possibly Mary, stands beside a smaller seated figure, likely the infant Jesus, in a dark room. The footage is extremely low-light, with a yellowish glow illuminating the figures against a black background. The camera remains mostly static, with slight movement as the figures shift in and out of frame. The image quality is characteristic of vintage Super 8 home movies, with visible grain and soft focus. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-century domestic religious displays.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127279093

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: 1957 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: Wheeling, Ohio, 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: Useful for 1950s domestic archive requests needing a low-light religious display cutaway or intimate home-movie interior detail.
Period detail: The 8mm material and metadata place the clip in 1957, while the visible scene may show a small devotional figurine arrangement in a dark room.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet, unstaged home-movie attention to household religious objects rather than a posed ceremony or public event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two small religious figurines, a dark interior background, yellowish point lighting, soft shadows, film grain, and partial frame-edge darkness.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, very low exposure, soft focus, and slight camera drift that give the figures a subdued mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief devotional insert, memory beat, transition into a domestic religious scene, or atmospheric cutaway.
Historical context: The footage suggests private mid-century religious display practices, though the exact household setting and identities of the figures are not visually confirmed.
Research note: Religious subject matter and a likely private interior warrant review; copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1957 8mm religious figurines, dark room devotional display, home movie religious objects, and Wheeling Ohio domestic interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Wheeling Ohio interiors, then broader 1950s home-movie religious display material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 8mm frame from Wheeling, Ohio metadata showing two religious figurines in very low light. — Dim interior view of two small religious figurines under a yellowish glow.

Low-exposure 1957 home-movie frame with religious figurines drifting near the right side of the dark image. — The figurines sit near the edge of the frame, mostly surrounded by darkness.

Dark 8mm frame from the 1957 Wheeling, Ohio clip with a pale religious figurine faintly lit near center right. — A pale figurine is faintly illuminated while the rest of the room falls into shadow.

Final low-light frame with a small religious figurine partly visible at the right edge against a black background. — The devotional figure slips partly out of view at the edge of the dark frame.

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