Nebraska-1957: Man in Suit Stands with Cigarette as Others Gather Around Seated Man

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Nebraska

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Man in Suit Stands with Cigarette as Others Gather... — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1957: A tense indoor scene unfolds in a dimly lit room, captured on 8mm film. A man in a dark suit and fedora stands prominently, holding a cigarette, while another man in suspenders and a light shirt stands behind a seated man in a white t-shirt. The grainy, low-light footage conveys a serious, possibly confrontational mood, with the subjects arranged in a tight, crowded space. The vintage aesthetic, with its soft focus and film grain, evokes a sense of historical authenticity and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 127659995

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: 1957 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: Supports 1950s documentary or editorial requests needing tense indoor home-movie footage of adult men gathered around a seated man.
Period detail: The suits, fedora, suspenders, white undershirt, low room lighting, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century domestic interior reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an informal, close-range moment with adults posed or gathered in a private room, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie tension.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark suit and hat, a cigarette, an older man in suspenders, a seated man in a white t-shirt, a chair, a lamp, and a dim wall.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, low exposure, and slight handheld framing create the physical 8mm texture of an indoor home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or cutaway for private conversation, family tension, or mid-century interior atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage may show adult men in a Nebraska private interior during 1957, but the relationship between the people and the purpose of the gathering are not verified.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any source-film copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Nebraska home movie men indoors, seated man with suited men, tense family room scene, and 8mm private interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Nebraska 1957 interiors, then with mid-century home-movie scenes of adult conversation.

Still Frames From This Clip

Nebraska 1957 home-movie frame showing a suited man in a fedora, an older man in suspenders, and a seated man in a dim private room. — A suited man stands with a cigarette while two other men remain close by in a dim interior.

Nebraska 1957 frame with a dark-suited man partly cropped at right, standing near a shadowed interior fixture or doorway. — The camera shifts to a darker part of the room with the suited figure partly out of frame.

Nebraska 1957 home-movie frame showing standing adult men near a seated man in a white t-shirt, filmed in a tight private interior. — Two standing men remain close to the seated man as the camera frames the small room tightly.

Nebraska 1957 frame showing a seated man in a white t-shirt near a table lamp, with an older man in suspenders standing behind him. — The seated man is framed beside a lamp while the standing man remains partly visible behind him.

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