Wisconsin-1953: Group Of Friends Saying Farewell

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Wisconsin

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Group Of Friends Saying Farewell — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a group of women saying farewell beside a classic car in a rural Wisconsin setting. The women, dressed in period-appropriate attire including a plaid shirt and a light-colored dress, stand near the vehicle as one woman reaches into the car. The scene unfolds on a quiet road lined with trees, with natural daylight illuminating the moment. The footage exhibits authentic 8mm film grain and color, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life and family gatherings.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127572740

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 1212 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1953 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: Wisconsin, 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 American home-movie requests needing a brief rural farewell, family gathering, or women beside a car for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The women's dresses, plaid shirt, eyeglasses, and rounded mid-century car may show early-1950s everyday clothing and travel habits.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged goodbye gestures, with women gathering close to the car and one pair appearing to embrace before departure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rural roadside, leafy trees, a parked gray car, open car doors, women in dresses and shirts, eyeglasses, and handheld home-movie framing.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the short scene clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, farewell insert, travel transition, or cutaway for mid-century family and friendship sequences.
Historical context: The clip records a small social moment in a rural Wisconsin setting, showing women gathered around a car in everyday postwar domestic life.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from any privacy or publicity considerations.
Research search match: Research matches include 1950s Wisconsin home movie farewell, women saying goodbye by car, rural roadside family gathering, and 8mm mid-century friends.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Wisconsin 1953 material, then other rural road, car travel, farewell, or family gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing women from behind near a car on a tree-lined rural road. — Women stand close to a parked car during a roadside farewell.

Women gather beside a mid-century car in rural Wisconsin, filmed from a handheld home-movie viewpoint. — The group remains beside the car as the roadside scene continues.

Several women stand beside an open car door in a 1953 Wisconsin home-movie farewell scene. — The group shifts around the open car door during the goodbye.

Two women appear to embrace beside a car in a rural Wisconsin farewell, with others partly visible nearby. — A farewell embrace takes place beside the parked car.

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