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California-1958: Blue Painted House With Impressive Garden And Blue Benches

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 California

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Blue Painted House With Impressive Garden And Blue Benches — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched residential scene in California. The footage features a large, two-story house with distinctive blue painted walls and white trim, surrounded by a well-kept garden with yellow flowers and a white picket fence. Blue benches line a paved walkway, and a person in period clothing walks near a decorative gazebo. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic mid-century American suburban atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127605873

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • 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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label
philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note
1958-1959
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1958 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
California, 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
1950s California home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about mid-century residential streets, gardens, domestic memory, or suburban architecture.
Period detail
The clip may show 1958-era residential styling through a two-story painted house, white trim, picket fencing, benches, planted flowers, and period clothing.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has a visitor or family-film perspective, observing the house, garden, and people near the entrance without staged action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a blue two-story house, white porch railings, a picket fence, yellow flowers, garden shrubs, blue benches, a paved walk, and people near the gate.
Film character
The 8mm image has warm color fading, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief establishing cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century California domestic life and residential exteriors.
Historical context
The scene suggests a cared-for postwar residential setting, but the footage does not identify the occupants, neighborhood, or building history.
Research note
People and a private residence appear visible, so likeness, privacy, and property-context review may be needed apart from any copyright assessment.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1958 California home movie house exterior, 1950s garden and picket fence, 8mm suburban residence, and vintage blue house footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with California 1958 residential footage, then with 1950s garden, porch, and suburban home themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 California home-movie frame showing a blue two-story house with white trim, garden flowers, and a picket fence.
Blue painted house seen from outside the garden fence.
1958 California home-movie view of the blue house and garden entrance, with people visible near the fence.
People stand near the garden entrance in front of the blue house.
1958 California frame with the blue house porch, white fencing, yellow flowers, and people beside the garden gate.
House porch and garden fence with people near the entrance.
Wider 1958 California home-movie frame showing the blue house exterior, porch railings, blue benches, driveway, and people at the right edge.
Wide exterior view of the blue house with benches and people near the garden.

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