Michigan-1959: Man Wearing Black Suit And Grey Hat Walks Down Street With Brown Cane

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 in Michigan

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Man Wearing Black Suit And Grey Hat Walks Down Street... — Clip Details

A man in a black suit, white shirt, and grey fedora walks down a sun-drenched suburban street in Michigan, 1959. He holds a brown cane as he moves toward the camera along a tree-lined road with a white fence and vintage cars in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the warm, slightly faded colors and grainy texture of a mid-century home movie, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from the late 1950s.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127711713

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 Michigan home-movie requests needing an everyday street scene with an older man walking outdoors for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The dark suit, white shirt, tie, grey fedora, cane, parked older cars, narrow residential road, and white fence support a late-1950s suburban visual setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man walks toward the camera in an informal, unstaged manner, giving the clip the feel of a family member or acquaintance being filmed during an ordinary outdoor moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man with a cane, grey hat, tree-lined street, white fence, parked cars, dry grass, bright sun, and a brief shoreline view.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, warm faded color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that reflect its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short character insert, suburban transition, memory beat, or cutaway within a broader sequence about late-1950s everyday life.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for mid-century dress and residential street life without identifying the man, neighborhood, or occasion shown.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and any location or property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie, man in suit and fedora walking with cane, suburban street, vintage cars, and late-1950s everyday footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1959 material, then similar 1950s home movies of adults walking, residential streets, and family visits.

Still Frames From This Clip

Brief 1959 Michigan 8mm view of a shoreline with breaking waves, distant structures, and heavy dark frame borders. — A short shoreline view appears before the street sequence.

In Michigan, 1959, a man in a dark suit, white shirt, tie, and grey fedora walks toward the camera with a cane on a sunny street. — A suited man with a cane walks toward the camera on a tree-lined street.

The man in a dark suit and grey fedora approaches closer on the Michigan residential street, holding a brown cane beside dry grass and trees. — The man nears the camera, with parked cars and a fence visible behind him.

A closer 1959 Michigan frame shows the suited man in a grey hat walking toward the camera with trees, road, and residential fencing behind him. — The walking man fills the foreground near the end of the short clip.

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