Grand Rapids Michigan-1956: Old Gray Two-Story House Video

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Grand Rapids Michigan

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Old Gray Two-Story House Video — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a weathered two-story brick house in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The footage shows the exterior of the home with a gray roof, bare tree branches in the foreground, and a classic 1950s sedan parked nearby. The film exhibits natural wear, including scratches, dust, and slight color fading, characteristic of archival Super 8 footage. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American residential life.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127402328

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1956 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: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s residential-life requests needing exterior home-movie footage of houses in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century clues including brick houses, steep roofs, bare branches, and a rounded 1950s-era sedan parked by the residence.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing nearby houses from a mostly static position without visible people or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brick and siding houses, gray roofs, bare tree branches, a parked rounded sedan, windows, steps, and a small outbuilding or garage.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, mild exposure shifts, dust, scratches, and faded color that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, neighborhood cutaway, transition, or memory beat for mid-century domestic settings.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for ordinary residential architecture and car presence in a 1956 Grand Rapids home-movie setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible, but residential exteriors may still merit property and copyright review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1956 Grand Rapids home movie, 1950s house exterior, vintage 8mm residential street, or mid-century sedan cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1956 Grand Rapids clips, then broader 1950s house and neighborhood exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a weathered house exterior, dormer windows, roofline, and bare tree branches. — Weathered house exterior seen through bare branches.

1956 Grand Rapids frame showing a brick residential house with a gray roof, front steps, shrubs, and part of a parked sedan. — Brick house and parked sedan in a residential exterior view.

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie view of a brick house side wall, gable roof, windows, and a rounded sedan parked nearby. — Side view of a brick house with a 1950s-era sedan.

1956 Grand Rapids frame showing a white residential exterior, dark doorway, steps, ladder or railing, and a small blue outbuilding. — White house exterior with doorway and small outbuilding.

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