Michigan-1959: Rustic Bungalow with Stone Walls

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

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Rustic Bungalow with Stone Walls — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a slow pan across the exterior of a rustic bungalow in Michigan. The footage highlights weathered stone walls, a white-framed window with decorative glass, and green horizontal siding. The camera moves steadily, revealing architectural details and the texture of aged materials under natural light. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film enhances its nostalgic, archival feel, evoking mid-century Americana. This clip offers authentic period footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127711860

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 requests needing 1950s Michigan home-movie exterior footage of vernacular residential architecture for documentary inserts or period scene-setting.
Period detail: The stone facade, white window trim, striped awning, and green horizontal siding may show mid-century bungalow upkeep and exterior materials.
Home-movie behavior: The slow pan studies the wall from close range, giving an unstaged resident or visitor perspective rather than a formal architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rough stonework, green siding, white-framed windows, a striped awning, deep shadows, and exterior trim.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, and handheld exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, exterior establishing insert, transition between domestic scenes, or memory beat about place.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for a modest residential exterior in Michigan without showing occupants, street activity, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the residential exterior should still be reviewed for copyright, location, and property-release considerations.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 Michigan bungalow exterior, 8mm home movie house wall, vintage residential siding, or mid-century stone facade may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1959 Michigan exteriors, then related home-movie views of houses, siding, windows, and domestic architecture.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing rough stonework and part of a white-framed window on a bungalow exterior. — Stone wall detail and window trim on the bungalow exterior.

1959 Michigan frame with a stone wall section meeting green horizontal siding under strong shadow. — Stonework transitions into green siding along the exterior wall.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing a striped awning, window trim, and strong shadows on a bungalow wall. — Striped awning and shadowed exterior details during the pan.

1959 Michigan frame showing green horizontal siding and a white-framed window near the end of the exterior pan. — White-framed window set in green horizontal siding.

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