Michigan-1959: Woman Wearing Yellow Shirt Waves At Camera On A Hazy Day

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

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Woman Wearing Yellow Shirt Waves At Camera On A Hazy Day — Clip Details

A woman in a yellow shirt stands at a doorway with ornate metalwork, waving at the camera on a hazy day in this 1959 8mm home movie from Michigan. The footage captures her smiling and gesturing against a warm, orange-lit wall, with visible film grain and vintage color shifts characteristic of Super 8 film. The scene transitions to a bright orange frame and ends with a dark, speckled frame, showcasing the natural imperfections and nostalgic quality of archival home movie footage.

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: 127712714

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 a brief domestic doorway greeting or personal memory beat with a visible adult subject.
Period detail: The clothing, warm color cast, ornate metalwork, and 8mm home-movie texture support a late-1950s domestic exterior or entryway scene.
Home-movie behavior: The woman acknowledges the camera with a relaxed wave, giving the clip unstaged family-film value rather than a formal posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult woman, yellow shirt, doorway, decorative metalwork, warm orange wall light, dark frame edges, grain, and speckled leader-like frames.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, orange exposure shifts, dark edge falloff, and speckling from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, greeting cutaway, or transition into family, neighborhood, or domestic-life material.
Historical context: The scene shows a casual adult greeting at a doorway, suggesting everyday mid-century home-movie social recording without identifying the person or address.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright status is separate from privacy or publicity clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie, woman waving at camera, yellow shirt doorway, mid-century family footage, and vintage color home film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1959 Michigan home movies, and then with themes of greetings, doorways, and family memory.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult woman in a yellow shirt stands by a doorway in 1959 Michigan home-movie footage, partly obscured by dark frame edges and warm exposure. — A woman stands at a doorway beside decorative metalwork.

Adult woman waves toward the camera beside a doorway with ornate metalwork in warm, hazy 1959 Michigan 8mm footage. — The woman raises a hand in a casual wave near the doorway.

A gray, speckled 8mm frame appears after the doorway scene, with dark edge falloff and visible dust or grain from the film scan. — The clip shifts into a gray speckled film frame.

The final frame shows a muted gray film surface with dark side borders, scattered specks, and soft exposure from the 8mm scan. — A muted gray, speckled frame closes the excerpt.

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