Grand Rapids Michigan-1956: The Exterior Of A Two Storied Beautiful House In The

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

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The Exterior Of A Two Storied Beautiful House In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures the exterior of a two-story house in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The footage pans across the weathered clapboard siding, white-trimmed windows, and a covered porch, showcasing classic mid-century American architecture. The grainy, slightly faded quality and film scratches add authentic archival character, evoking a sense of nostalgia and everyday life from the era. The camera movement reveals details of the roofline and dormer windows, offering a glimpse into a quiet residential neighborhood.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127402420

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: Useful for 1950s residential exterior requests needing a brief Grand Rapids home-movie cutaway of an older two-story clapboard house.
Period detail: The frames show clapboard siding, multi-pane windows, a covered porch, and roofline details that may support mid-century domestic architecture context.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera studies the house exterior at close range, giving the clip the feel of a family record rather than a staged architectural view.
What appears in frame: Visible details include white siding, porch columns, window trim, roof eaves, damaged or weathered boards, gutters, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, frame jitter, dust, scratches, and contact-sheet borders preserve the texture of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, memory beat, neighborhood cutaway, or transition into a domestic 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents an ordinary residential facade and may be useful for showing everyday American housing conditions without implying a public landmark.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the identifiable house exterior should still be reviewed for property, copyright, and release considerations.
Research search match: Search matches include 1956 Grand Rapids house exterior, 1950s 8mm home movie residence, clapboard siding porch, and vintage Michigan neighborhood cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1956 Grand Rapids exteriors, then broader 1950s home, neighborhood, or domestic architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a two-story clapboard house with porch, window trim, and roof eaves. — A handheld view frames the porch and upper windows of a clapboard house exterior.

1956 Grand Rapids frame showing upper windows, clapboard siding, and a porch roof on a two-story house. — The camera shifts toward the upper facade, showing windows above the porch roof.

Close 1956 home-movie view of weathered siding, trim, and roof-edge details on the Grand Rapids house exterior. — A closer angle emphasizes the siding and worn boards near the roof edge.

Soft 8mm frame from Grand Rapids showing clapboard siding, roofline trim, and weathered boards on the house exterior. — The final frame holds on the side wall and roofline, with worn exterior boards visible.

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