Michigan-1959: House Hunting In A Very Nice Country Setting On A Sunny Day

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

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House Hunting In A Very Nice Country Setting On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a sun-drenched country property on a clear day. The camera pans across a gravel driveway bordered by a rustic split-rail fence, revealing a large stone and wood house with a striped awning. Bare trees suggest early spring, and the bright sunlight casts long shadows across the green lawn. The footage has the warm color palette and film grain characteristic of 1950s home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American suburban life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127713156

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 American home-movie requests needing a brief rural or suburban house-hunting exterior in Michigan.
Period detail: The split-rail fence, stonework, striped awning, gravel drive, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century residential taste and landscaping.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor or prospective-buyer viewpoint, with the camera scanning the property from outside rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gravel driveway, split-rail fence, stone wall, green lawn, bare trees, dark wood siding, awning, and neighboring houses.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, gate edges, grain, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for house hunting, domestic aspiration, or rural-suburban settings.
Historical context: The footage documents a quiet residential exterior in a country setting, with no visible people or public event in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are evident, but the residential exterior should still be reviewed for property and copyright considerations.
Research search match: 1959 Michigan 8mm house exterior, mid-century country home, home movie driveway fence lawn, sunny rural residential cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1959 exteriors, then related house-hunting or country residential footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing a gravel drive, split-rail fence, lawn, bare trees, and a dark residential exterior. — Driveway and fence lead toward a sunlit country house exterior.

1959 Michigan frame with a rustic fence, green lawn, bare trees, and shaded wood-sided house in a country setting. — Split-rail fence and shaded house facade under strong sunlight.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing the fence, stone wall, lawn, and shadowed residential exterior during a slow pan. — Fence and low stonework frame the house exterior.

1959 Michigan frame showing a split-rail fence, shaded house exterior, stonework, lawn, and part of a neighboring or adjoining structure. — A fence crosses the foreground as the camera pans past the house.

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