Grand Rapids Michigan-1956: A Very Scary And Creepy House That Is Great For

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Grand Rapids Michigan

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A Very Scary And Creepy House That Is Great For — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a dilapidated white house in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with broken windows and a damaged roof. The footage shows a snow-covered yard and a red shed in the background, conveying a spooky, abandoned atmosphere. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film enhances the eerie, nostalgic mood, making it ideal for Halloween, horror, or historical content.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127402394

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing an eerie residential exterior, abandoned-house insert, or mid-century neighborhood cutaway in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Period detail: The white clapboard siding, simple sash windows, bare yard, and handheld 8mm exposure may show a modest mid-century residential setting in winter or early spring.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the damaged house from outside with an informal home-movie gaze, lingering on broken windows and roof damage rather than staging a scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white house wall, broken windows, missing roof material, bare branches, a side structure, dark film borders, and pale outdoor light.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, faded color, gate weave, and uneven exposure give the clip a physical 8mm texture consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, ominous transition, memory fragment, or establishing insert for a neglected house or unsettling neighborhood detail.
Historical context: The footage documents a damaged residential exterior in Grand Rapids without showing residents, street signs, or events that would identify a specific address or incident.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but the exterior house and underlying film rights should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm haunted house exterior, Grand Rapids damaged white house, broken windows home movie, and abandoned residential cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Grand Rapids or 1956 residential footage, then with damaged houses, winter yards, or eerie home-movie exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids 8mm frame showing a white clapboard house with damaged roof edges, broken windows, bare branches, and a side structure. — White house exterior with broken windows and roof damage seen through a handheld 8mm frame.

1956 Grand Rapids 8mm frame focused on the upper white house wall, with a broken window and dark roof damage near the eaves. — Close view of a white house wall with a broken window and damaged roofline.

1956 Grand Rapids 8mm frame showing more of the white house facade, including upper windows, a boarded lower opening, and damaged roof material. — Facade of the damaged white house, with upper windows and a boarded lower opening.

1956 Grand Rapids 8mm frame with an angled view of the white house side, showing sash windows, a lower opening, roofline, and overexposed siding. — Angled exterior view of the white house with visible windows and pale siding.

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