Yorktown Virginia-1958: People Celebrating Oriental Culture At Festival With Torii Gate

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYorktown, Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Yorktown Virginia

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People Celebrating Oriental Culture At Festival With... — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored suit and bow tie walks toward the camera on a city street in Yorktown Virginia, 1958. The scene shifts to a bustling outdoor event with a crowd gathered beneath a traditional Japanese-style torii gate and wooden structure. People in period attire, including hats and coats, move through the space, suggesting a cultural festival or celebration. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays characteristic grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, capturing a moment of mid-century Americana and cultural exchange.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127286805

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: 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: Supports 1950s editorial requests for public cultural celebration footage, visitor crowds, and mid-century street activity in Yorktown, Virginia.
Period detail: Men in suits, bow ties, overcoats, brimmed hats, and a white cloche-style hat point to a late-1950s public gathering, with a Japanese-style torii visible in the crowd scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes people walking, talking, and looking toward the lens with an informal visitor perspective rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man near a civic building, city pedestrians, a crowded outdoor walkway, a Japanese-style torii, wooden facade details, coats, hats, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, saturated blues and reds, and slight frame jitter that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert or transition for mid-century public life, cultural display, travel memory, or community celebration.
Historical context: The clip appears to show a public cultural-themed event where visitors move through a decorated outdoor setting, reflecting how home movies recorded everyday civic and social encounters.
Research note: Faces are visible and may require likeness review; metadata supports Yorktown, Virginia and 1958, while copyright, event permissions, and any property rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Yorktown home movie, 1950s cultural festival crowd, Japanese-style torii public event, and 8mm Virginia street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Yorktown 1958 material, then broader 1950s public festival and cultural display footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Yorktown, Virginia in 1958, a man in a light-colored suit and bow tie approaches the camera beside a civic-looking stone building. — A suited man walks toward the home-movie camera near a large building and street crowd.

A Yorktown 1958 crowd moves beneath a Japanese-style torii and wooden structure during an outdoor cultural-themed gathering. — Visitors in coats and hats gather under a Japanese-style torii at a busy outdoor event.

Adults in mid-century coats and hats pass through a crowded Yorktown event space with a Japanese-style torii overhead. — A home-movie view of visitors moving through a decorated outdoor gathering.

At the 1958 Yorktown gathering, a tall man in glasses stands near other visitors beneath a Japanese-style torii and dark wooden facade. — Visitors cluster beneath the torii as the handheld camera catches faces in the crowd.

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