Nebraska-1955: Family Having A Picnic In The Park

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 Nebraska

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Family Having A Picnic In The Park — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1955: A family enjoys a casual outdoor picnic in a sun-dappled park, captured on 8mm film. Three individuals sit around a small table covered with a light-colored cloth, eating and conversing. A woman in a light blue short-sleeved dress is visible on the left, while a man in a dark shirt and another in a light blue collared shirt occupy the center. The scene features classic mid-century clothing and a vintage metal coffee pot on the table. The footage exhibits natural film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the 1950s.

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: 127463967

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

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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 requests needing mid-1950s Nebraska home-movie footage of adults sharing an informal outdoor picnic for documentary, museum, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include short-sleeved mid-century casual clothing, a small cloth-covered picnic table, paper cups, and a metal coffee pot that may show 1950s outdoor family leisure.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged social pause as adults eat, talk, smoke, and sit close together at a park table while the camera observes from nearby.
What appears in frame: The frames show seated adults, plates of food, cups, a metal coffee pot, a light tablecloth, a lawn, trees, and warm sunlight across the picnic setting.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, family-memory cutaway, food-and-leisure transition, or quiet social beat within a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for casual outdoor dining and adult socializing in a Nebraska park, without supporting claims about a specific event or named family.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and identity review may be needed; no logos, private property, children, or audible music are indicated, and copyright status is separate from release status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Nebraska 8mm home movie picnic, 1950s family park footage, adults eating outdoors, vintage coffee pot, smoking, and casual conversation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Nebraska 1955 park or family scenes, then broader 1950s picnic, food, leisure, and home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Nebraska 8mm frame of adults at an outdoor picnic table, with plates, cups, a metal coffee pot, grass, and trees visible. — Adults sit at a park picnic table with food and drinks in warm sunlight.

1955 Nebraska home-movie frame showing adults eating and talking at a small outdoor picnic table in a park setting. — Seated adults continue their picnic beside a lawn and trees.

1955 Nebraska 8mm frame of adults sharing food and conversation at a picnic table, filmed in soft focus with trees behind them. — A group remains gathered around the picnic table during an informal outdoor meal.

1955 Nebraska home-movie frame with adults seated at a park picnic table, one in a light shirt and another in a dark shirt near plates and cups. — The camera frames seated adults at the picnic table from a closer side angle.

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