Yorktown Virginia-1958: Shirtless Man in Red Hat Feeds Seagulls on Beach

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYorktown, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Yorktown Virginia

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Shirtless Man in Red Hat Feeds Seagulls on Beach — Clip Details

A shirtless man in a red cap and khaki shorts stands on a sandy beach in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1958, feeding a flock of seagulls. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the man holding a paper bag as birds circle and land around him. A checkered cabana and the ocean stretch behind him under a muted sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality evokes authentic mid-century home movie nostalgia, with natural movement and a candid, unposed feel.

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: 127284386

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Yorktown, Virginia, 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 editorial or documentary requests needing candid beach recreation, bird feeding, and mid-century home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The red cap, khaki shorts, checkered cabana, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1950s seaside leisure scene consistent with the supplied Yorktown, Virginia metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation moment as a shirtless man casually feeds gulls while standing near the surf.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, ocean horizon, shirtless man in a red cap, paper bag, gulls in flight, checkered cabana, beach posts, and small signs.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, slight color fading, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, beach-life cutaway, memory beat, or transition into mid-century vacation and coastal recreation material.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal seaside leisure and human interaction with wildlife without establishing a specific public event or landmark beyond the supplied location.
Research note: A recognizable adult may be present, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and location claims should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Yorktown Virginia beach home movie, 8mm seagulls on beach, red hat man feeding birds, and mid-century coastal vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach footage, then with 1958 Yorktown material, and then with broader 1950s seaside recreation or birds-on-beach scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1958 Yorktown beach footage, a shirtless man in a red cap stands near gulls with the ocean and a checkered cabana behind him. — A man in a red cap stands on the beach as gulls move around him near the shoreline.

A shirtless man in a red cap appears to hold a paper bag while gulls fly low over the 1958 Yorktown beach scene. — The man holds a paper bag as gulls pass between him and the ocean.

Several gulls fly close to the shirtless man in a red cap on the Yorktown beach, with pale sand and the ocean horizon visible. — Gulls circle close to the man as he looks down near the beach edge.

Gulls fill the upper frame while the shirtless man in a red cap stands below them on the supplied 1958 Yorktown beach footage. — A flock of gulls crosses the frame above the man on the beach.

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