Michigan-1959: A Large Tree Giving Shade To A Bungalow In The Neighborhood

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

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A Large Tree Giving Shade To A Bungalow In The Neighborhood — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a quiet residential scene in Michigan. The camera pans slowly across a large, leafy tree silhouetted against a bright sky, its branches casting deep shade over a dark bungalow. Sunlight filters through the foliage, creating dappled light and a nostalgic, dreamlike atmosphere. The film shows natural grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 footage, with a house visible in the background. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana evokes a sense of calm and memory.

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: 127712046

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Michigan residential cutaways, neighborhood atmosphere, or mid-century home-movie inserts needing a quiet exterior house-and-tree view.
Period detail: The dark bungalow, simple window trim, mature shade tree, and 8mm color rendering may show a late-1950s residential streetscape in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie perspective, lingering on shade, branches, and a nearby house rather than a posed subject or planned action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large tree trunk, leafy branches, bright sky, a dark bungalow, rooflines, windows, deep shade, and dappled sunlight.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast silhouettes, slight color shifts, and handheld framing that give it physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a neighborhood establishing insert, a quiet transition, a memory beat, or a cutaway between domestic-life scenes.
Historical context: The view documents an ordinary residential exterior and shaded yard space, offering visual context for mid-century American home surroundings without showing people.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are evident, but the visible residence may still require property and copyright review depending on use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie bungalow exterior, shaded neighborhood house, large tree by residence, and mid-century residential cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel residential material, then Michigan 1959 exteriors, then broader 1950s neighborhood, house, tree, and domestic setting footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a large shade tree in front of a dark bungalow with bright sky through the branches. — A large tree frames a shaded bungalow exterior in bright daylight.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame with silhouetted branches, a shaded roofline, and bright sky beyond the trees. — Tree silhouettes and a dark roofline divide the bright background.

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a dark bungalow with small windows under a large shade tree. — The camera settles on the shaded side of the bungalow beneath foliage.

1959 Michigan frame showing the shaded bungalow facade, roof gable, small windows, and tree cover. — A shaded bungalow facade fills the frame with rooflines and small windows visible.

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