Grand Rapids Michigan-1956: The Camera Pans Across The Car And The Building That

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

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The Camera Pans Across The Car And The Building That — Clip Details

GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN-1956: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a group of people working on a construction project in a residential yard. The camera pans across the scene, showing a small shed under construction with a ladder and building materials. The footage then focuses on a classic 1950s two-tone car, likely a Chevrolet, with a white roof and blue body, parked nearby. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain and color fading, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American suburban atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127402675

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 Grand Rapids home-movie requests needing residential yard work, small construction activity, and a mid-century automobile cutaway.
Period detail: The two-tone hardtop car, pale color palette, and 8mm home-movie handling may show mid-1950s domestic surroundings consistent with the supplied 1956 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like an informal family observer, panning from yard activity and a small outbuilding toward a parked car without staged composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small shed or outbuilding, bare trees, scattered building materials, a ladder, a driveway area, and a two-tone 1950s car.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century suburban life, home improvement, or family-car context.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for a residential setting where yard work, construction materials, and a parked family car share the same domestic space.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, vehicle identification, and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1956 Grand Rapids 8mm home movie, 1950s residential construction, mid-century family car footage, and vintage yard work scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1956 Grand Rapids material, then with 1950s home-improvement or classic-car footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grand Rapids home-movie frame showing a residential yard, small outbuilding, bare trees, and building materials in 1956 footage. — A residential yard and small outbuilding appear with scattered materials during the opening pan.

Close 1956 Grand Rapids home-movie view of a two-tone mid-century car, with its white roof and blue rear quarter filling the frame. — The pan moves in close on the car's white roof and blue body panels.

Grand Rapids 1956 frame showing the side of a two-tone 1950s car, with the steering wheel, windows, and rear bodywork visible. — The camera lingers on the side of the parked two-tone car.

Final 1956 Grand Rapids frame showing the parked two-tone car with an open door and a partial view of the interior. — An open car door reveals part of the interior as the pan ends on the vehicle.

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