Michigan-1959: View Of Green Grass And White Fence On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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View Of Green Grass And White Fence On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched suburban yard in Michigan. The camera pans across a lush green lawn bordered by a white picket fence, with a stone foundation and wooden house visible in the background. Bare trees suggest early spring, and the bright daylight casts long shadows across the grass. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American domestic life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127713138

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Michigan home-movie requests needing a suburban yard, quiet residential street, or spring daylight cutaway.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century domestic landscaping, low stone edging, wood-sided houses, and a white roadside fence in a residential setting.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera observes a yard and street from a casual family-film perspective rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green lawn, bare trees, wood-sided houses, white fence posts, stone edging, roadway, long shadows, and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, saturated color, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an exterior establishing insert, neighborhood transition, seasonal memory beat, or domestic-life cutaway.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for postwar American residential surroundings without identifying a specific household or street.
Research note: Review is advised for visible people or likeness issues and any property concerns; copyright status is separate from likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Michigan 8mm home movie, suburban lawn and fence, sunny residential street, and mid-century family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family exteriors, then other Michigan 1959 clips, then broader 1950s suburban yard or neighborhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a sunlit lawn, bare trees, stone edging, and residential houses beyond the yard. — Sunlit residential lawn with trees and houses in the background.

1959 Michigan home-movie view of a green lawn, stone border, leafless trees, and neighboring houses near a road. — Residential yard and roadside seen through trees in bright sun.

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a bright residential road, white fence posts, green grass, bare trees, and houses. — Roadside view with white fence posts and springlike grass.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame of a sunny residential street with white fence posts, bare trees, houses, and deep foreground shadow. — Sunny neighborhood road with fence posts and houses beyond.

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