Michigan-1964: Group Of Elderly Women Pray With Nun

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Michigan

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Group Of Elderly Women Pray With Nun — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1964: A group of elderly women gather outdoors in a grassy yard, engaging in conversation with a nun in a black habit and white wimple. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a candid moment of community and faith, with the women seated on chairs and a picnic table. The scene is set against a backdrop of a wooden shed and scattered debris, suggesting a rural or suburban setting. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity, offering a glimpse into mid-1960s American religious life and domestic gatherings.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127407161

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 1218 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: joes first day school,family picnic,cottage
Reel-level year note: 1957-1963-1964-1966
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1964 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: 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 1960s documentary or educational edits needing home-movie footage of Catholic religious community life and older women gathered outdoors in Michigan.
Period detail: The nun's traditional habit, simple lawn chairs, picnic table, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1960s parish or convent-adjacent social life.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid, visitor-like view of women seated in conversation as the nun smiles and engages with the group.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a nun in a black habit, elderly women, lawn chairs, a picnic table, grass, a wooden shed, trees, and debris in the background.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight green fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, community-life cutaway, religious-memory beat, or transition within a sequence on aging, faith, or local gatherings.
Historical context: The footage shows an informal outdoor gathering centered on women and a nun, suggesting everyday religious community contact without proving a specific institution or event.
Research note: Faces are visible and the religious setting is sensitive; copyright, likeness, and contextual use should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1964 Michigan 8mm nun footage, elderly women praying outdoors, Catholic home movie, religious gathering, and 1960s community life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1964 material, then broader 1960s religious, parish, elder-care, or community-gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Michigan 1964 home-movie footage, a nun in a black habit sits smiling with elderly women gathered in a grassy yard. — A nun sits with elderly women during an informal outdoor gathering.

The nun remains seated with older women in a grassy Michigan yard, with a wooden structure and scattered debris behind them. — The group sits together outside, framed by the shed and yard.

Older women sit around a picnic table in the yard, with one woman turned toward others during the outdoor gathering. — Women sit around the picnic table during the yard gathering.

Women seated at a picnic table face different directions in the grassy Michigan yard, with the wooden shed visible behind them. — The camera catches the women in conversation around the table.

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