Iowa-1959: Two Old Men Standing By A Lake Having A Discussion

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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Two Old Men Standing By A Lake Having A Discussion — Clip Details

IOWA-1959: Two older men stand by a lake, engaged in conversation. One wears a light-colored fedora and glasses, the other a dark cap. They gesture and talk against a backdrop of water and distant trees. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a quiet, candid moment from the late 1950s with natural color tones and film grain. The scene evokes nostalgia and everyday life in mid-century America.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127421309

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 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1959 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: Iowa, 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 Midwest home-movie requests needing older men in casual lakeside conversation for documentary, museum, education, or period memory sequences.
Period detail: The men's fedora, cap, glasses, short-sleeve knit shirt, and relaxed waterfront setting may show late-1950s leisure dress and informal outdoor social life.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged conversation, with the men turning, gesturing, and looking across the water as the camera observes from a nearby family-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two older men, a light fedora, a dark cap, eyeglasses, hand gestures, open lake water, distant shoreline, and trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, aging, friendship, family travel, or lakeside community context.
Historical context: The footage places older adults in an informal lakeside setting in Iowa, reflecting everyday social observation rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, children, or clear private property appear, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Researchers might find it under 1959 Iowa 8mm home movie, older men by lake, mid-century lakeside conversation, or vintage Midwest leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Iowa 1959 lake scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie footage of adults outdoors.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Iowa 1959 home-movie footage, an older man in a light fedora and glasses stands near lake water with a distant tree-lined shore. — An older man in a fedora pauses beside the lake as another person stands partly out of frame.

An older man in a dark cap faces the lake while a second older man in a fedora stands partly visible at the right edge. — One man looks toward the water while the fedora-wearing man remains at the side of the frame.

The capped man stands with one hand on his hip as a partly visible arm points toward the distant lakeshore. — A pointing gesture directs attention across the lake during the men's conversation.

The camera looks across an Iowa lake toward a low tree-lined shore, with a small structure or boat faintly visible near the water. — The shot shifts from the men to the lake and distant shoreline.

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