Grand Rapids Michigan-1956: Man In A Car And Old House

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

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Man In A Car And Old House — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1956 captures a man in a red cap waving from a classic green and white station wagon. The clip transitions to a damaged brick house with a tarp covering its roof, likely after a storm, with a fallen tree branch in the yard. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic look of mid-century amateur Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into American life.

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: 127402599

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 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 Midwestern home-movie requests needing brief car, resident, storm-damage, or neighborhood-life inserts for documentary or museum use.
Period detail: The green and white station wagon, red cap, brick house, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1950s domestic life in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: An older man casually waves from the driver's window before the camera turns to a nearby damaged house, giving the clip an unstaged family-record viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a red cap, a green and white station wagon, a brick house, a roof tarp, bare branches, a yard fence, and bright winterlike daylight.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, faded color, handheld framing, and overexposed highlights that preserve the feel of an amateur mid-century reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, transition from family travel to neighborhood damage, or cutaway for 1950s domestic setting.
Historical context: The clip places a personal car-side greeting beside a house with roof covering and fallen branches, suggesting everyday documentation of local home and weather damage without proving cause.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, and the house exterior may require likeness or property review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1956 Grand Rapids 8mm home movie, man waving from station wagon, vintage damaged house, and mid-century Michigan neighborhood footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family or street scenes, then other 1956 Grand Rapids material, then broader 1950s car, home exterior, and storm-damage footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1956 Grand Rapids home-movie footage, an older man in a red cap waves from the driver's window of a green and white station wagon. — A man waves from the driver's seat of a mid-century station wagon.

A man remains seated at the driver's window of a green and white station wagon in 1956 Grand Rapids home-movie footage. — The driver is seen through the open window of the two-tone car.

A brick house in Grand Rapids appears with a tarp covering roof damage and a fallen branch or limb across the yard. — The camera shows a brick house with roof covering and yard debris.

The damaged house exterior remains in view, with a large roof tarp, visible windows, and branches in the foreground. — A closer view holds on the tarp-covered roof and damaged home exterior.

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