California-1958: Woman in Red Dress Descending Mechanical Stair

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 California

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Woman in Red Dress Descending Mechanical Stair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a vibrant red dress descending a mechanical stair at a California public venue. The scene unfolds in bright daylight, with palm trees and a large building visible in the background. A man in a cap stands nearby as the woman, holding a white bag, smiles while moving down the escalator. The footage features classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere.

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: 127605930

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s California public-venue or leisure-life requests for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing brief home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The dress, cap, open-air railings, landscaped grounds, and mechanical stair may show mid-century public leisure or travel architecture in California.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged visitor perspective as a woman smiles toward the camera while descending the mechanical stair near other passersby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red dress, white handbag, mechanical stair, cap-wearing man, balcony railings, landscaped grounds, palm trees, and a large public building.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century public outings, travel, or everyday California leisure.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for public movement, clothing, and visitor behavior without proving a specific venue, event, or institution.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 California home movie, 1950s woman on escalator, 8mm public venue, red dress travel footage, and mid-century leisure scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel material, then other California 1958 public-venue clips, then broader 1950s travel, leisure, architecture, or escalator scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 California home-movie view of landscaped public grounds, a large building facade, benches, trees, and visitors in daylight. — Wide view of landscaped grounds and a large public building before the mechanical stair sequence.

A woman in a red dress descends a mechanical stair at a California public venue while a cap-wearing man stands nearby. — Woman in red descends the mechanical stair with a man standing at the side.

The woman in a red dress continues down the mechanical stair, holding the rail as a man in a cap stands in the foreground. — Mid-descent view of the woman on the mechanical stair beside open-air railings.

Near the end of the clip, the woman in red descends the mechanical stair in front of open railings and a shadowed building entry. — Woman in red approaches the lower part of the mechanical stair at the public venue.

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