Nebraska-1955: A Man In A White Shirt Sits And Smokes A Cigarette

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 Nebraska

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A Man In A White Shirt Sits And Smokes A Cigarette — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1955: A stocky man in a white shirt and dark suspenders sits in a patterned armchair, smoking a cigarette in a dimly lit room. The vintage 8mm film captures his contemplative expression and the surrounding mid-century decor, including a rotary telephone on a side table and a brass lamp. The grainy, warm-toned footage evokes a nostalgic 1950s home movie atmosphere, with subtle camera movement revealing the domestic setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 127461490

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Nebraska, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nebraska domestic-life requests needing an interior home-movie moment with an adult man smoking beside mid-century furnishings.
Period detail: The rotary telephone, patterned armchair, white shirt with suspenders, and brass-toned lamp may show mid-1950s home decor and dress.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears relaxed and unposed, smoking while seated as the camera drifts around the room in a family-home setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated man, cigarette, patterned armchair, rotary telephone, side table, papers or magazines, lamp, and plain interior wall.
Film character: The 8mm footage has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief interior cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a mid-century household or smoking-related sequence.
Historical context: The clip gives a small domestic view of an adult man in a private interior, with household objects that suggest everyday mid-century life.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may require review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Nebraska home movie man smoking indoors, rotary telephone interior, or 8mm mid-century domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Nebraska 1955 material, then broader 1950s home interiors or smoking cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 Nebraska home-movie footage, a man in a white shirt and suspenders sits in a patterned armchair while smoking. — A seated man smokes beside mid-century household furnishings.

The seated man remains in the armchair as a black rotary telephone and brass-toned lamp appear on the nearby table. — The camera frames the man with a rotary telephone and lamp nearby.

The handheld view shifts toward the side table, showing a black rotary telephone, papers or magazines, and a brass-toned lamp. — A domestic side table holds a rotary telephone and stacked papers.

The final view centers on the telephone and lamp while the seated man is partly cropped at the edge of the frame. — The camera lingers on the phone, lamp, and edge of the seated figure.

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