Michigan-1958: Boy Working on Car in Yard

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Michigan

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Boy Working on Car in Yard — Clip Details

A young boy in a dark shirt works on a vintage 1950s automobile in a sun-drenched suburban yard. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, the clip captures the boy leaning over the open hood of a classic car, possibly a Chevrolet, with a small house and leafy trees in the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic blue tint and grain of Super 8 home movies, with strong backlighting creating silhouettes. This authentic slice of Americana evokes nostalgia for mid-century family life and early automotive culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127642202

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 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
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: Michigan, 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 Michigan home-movie requests involving suburban family life, youth, and everyday automobile maintenance.
Period detail: The rounded car body, open lawn, small house, and 8mm color stock may show a late-1950s suburban setting consistent with the supplied 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the boy's quiet attention to the car rather than a posed family moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark vintage car, a silhouetted person, leafy tree canopy, bright lawn, small house, driveway shade, and distant shrubs.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, blue-green color shift, strong backlight, and dark silhouettes that preserve the feel of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for mid-century car culture or suburban youth activity.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday postwar domestic space and informal mechanical activity without proving the car brand, household identity, or exact neighborhood.
Research note: People and a residence-like setting are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright questions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Michigan 8mm home movies, boy working on old car, 1950s suburban yard, and vintage automobile maintenance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Michigan 1958 home movies, then broader 1950s suburban and vintage car material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Michigan home-movie frame with a silhouetted boy near a dark 1950s car, lawn, trees, and a small house beyond. — A silhouetted figure stands beside the shaded car with a bright suburban yard behind it.

A silhouetted boy leans near the front of a dark vintage car in a bright Michigan yard, with a small house in the background. — The boy bends toward the car while the house and lawn remain bright in the distance.

The 1958 home-movie frame shows a boy crouched low beside the car, silhouetted against the sunny lawn and nearby house. — The figure crouches beside the shaded car, nearly silhouetted against the open yard.

A dark 1950s-style car fills the shaded foreground while the bright Michigan yard and small house remain visible behind it. — The car dominates the frame as the figure moves out of clear view near the shaded edge.

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