Michigan-1959: Man and Woman Dancing in Backyard

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 in Michigan

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Man and Woman Dancing in Backyard — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A man and woman laugh and dance together in a sun-drenched backyard, their movements captured in grainy 8mm film. The man wears a white short-sleeved shirt and light-colored trousers, while the woman is in a patterned dress. They move playfully across the grass in front of a wooden cabin, with trees and a lake visible in the background. Other guests sit at a picnic table under a blue and white striped awning, enjoying the summer day. The footage shows natural motion blur and the characteristic color shifts of vintage home movie film, evoking a warm, nostalgic 1950s family gathering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127711411

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 2228 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: howard black,
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: flint michigan
Date: 1959 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 home-movie requests needing Michigan summer leisure, informal adult dancing, or family gathering atmosphere for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, yard furniture, striped awning, and lakeside cabin setting support a late-1950s recreational home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The adults appear to laugh and dance casually in the yard, giving the clip unstaged family-play behavior rather than a posed performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man and woman dancing, a green cabin wall, lawn, trees, lake water, patio furniture, a striped awning, and seated guests.
Film character: The scan carries visible grain, soft focus, motion blur, uneven exposure, color shift, and frame-edge artifacts typical of amateur 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a warm memory beat, summer-family insert, or transition into broader material about leisure, relatives, or lakeside vacations.
Historical context: The footage shows an informal mid-century backyard social moment, with adults moving playfully near a cabin and lake during a sunny outdoor gathering.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed even where copyright status and source ownership are handled separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movies, 1950s backyard dancing, lakeside family gathering, vintage summer leisure, and amateur color film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 lakeside scenes, then broader 1950s family leisure or backyard gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Michigan 1959 home-movie footage, a man and woman move together on the lawn beside a green cabin with trees and yard furniture nearby. — A man and woman dance casually in the backyard near a small cabin.

The dancing pair remains in the Michigan yard, with lake water, trees, and outdoor furniture visible behind the cabin area. — The couple continues dancing with lake and trees visible in the background.

A man moves across the lawn during the backyard dance, partially blurred by motion, with trees, lake water, and yard furniture behind him. — Motion blur follows the man as he turns through the sunny yard.

The couple passes near the green cabin wall during the dance, with a table, chairs, and shaded yard details visible around them. — The dancers move close to the cabin wall and outdoor seating area.

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