Michigan-1959: Stone House With Grassy Lawn And Retaining Wall At Night

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

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Stone House With Grassy Lawn And Retaining Wall At Night — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a stone house at night, its facade partially lit to reveal a curved retaining wall and lush green lawn. The camera slowly pans upward, revealing a storm door, windows, and a small porch with steps leading to the entrance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, with deep shadows contrasting the illuminated grass and stone. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage ideal for documentaries, period pieces, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127713181

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Michigan home-movie exterior footage for productions needing a quiet nighttime residential architecture insert or period neighborhood cutaway.
Period detail: The stone facade, storm door, small porch steps, curved retaining wall, and neatly kept lawn may show mid-century residential design details.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld view feels like a family or visitor recording the outside of a familiar house rather than a staged architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark stone house, storm door, windows, awning, porch steps, curved retaining wall, grass, sidewalk, and trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries deep shadow, saturated green highlights, soft focus, slight exposure shifts, and home-movie grain that mark it as physical-film footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a residential establishing insert, memory beat, nighttime transition, or cutaway between domestic scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for a modest Michigan residential exterior, emphasizing lawn, stonework, entry steps, and shadowed surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or interiors are visible, but copyright, location identification, and possible private-property concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1959 Michigan 8mm stone house exterior, nighttime home movie lawn, storm door porch steps, and curved retaining wall footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then Michigan 1959 residential exteriors, then broader 1950s home-movie architecture and lawn scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a shadowed stone house exterior, bright lawn, and curved retaining wall. — A stone house sits mostly in shadow behind a bright strip of grass and a curved retaining wall.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame of a dark stone house facade, upper windows, green lawn, and low retaining wall. — The camera holds on the shadowed facade while windows and the lawn edge catch the available light.

1959 Michigan frame showing a stone house entrance with storm door, small awning, steps, grass, and retaining wall. — The view shifts toward the entrance, revealing the storm door, porch steps, and stone retaining wall.

1959 Michigan 8mm frame with a shadowed stone house entry, storm door, porch steps, lawn, retaining wall, and trees beyond. — The final frame opens more of the yard, with trees visible beside the dark entry and illuminated grass.

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