Michigan-1959: View Of Green Grass And Yellow Wooden Fence On A Sunny Day

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

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View Of Green Grass And Yellow Wooden Fence On A 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 slowly across a lush green lawn bordered by a weathered yellow wooden fence. Stone steps and a low retaining wall frame the foreground, leading toward a dark house in shadow. Bare trees suggest early spring, and a small shed and outdoor furniture are visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American suburban atmosphere.

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: 127713194

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Michigan home-movie yard footage suited for suburban establishing shots, domestic-life cutaways, or quiet seasonal inserts.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century residential landscaping, with a low stone wall, simple wooden fence, small outbuilding, and open lawn under leafless trees.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a familiar yard from a casual home-movie viewpoint, emphasizing place and season rather than a staged event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green grass, a pale wooden fence, stone steps, a low retaining wall, shadowed house siding, bare trees, a small shed, and yard items.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, handheld framing, dark edge falloff, and mild exposure variation typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, neighborhood transition, seasonal memory beat, or visual pause between family scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a domestic outdoor setting in Michigan, with early-spring vegetation and modest residential yard details visible in the frame.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and property-context review may still be needed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Michigan 8mm yard, 1950s suburban lawn, vintage home movie fence, and mid-century residential exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Michigan exteriors, then broader 1950s suburban yard and seasonal home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a sunny residential lawn, stone edging, bare trees, and a house mostly in shadow. — A sunlit yard and low stone wall sit beside a dark house and leafless trees.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame with a pale wooden fence, small shed, green lawn, bare trees, and outdoor yard items. — A small shed and pale wooden fence stand beyond the green lawn in bright sun.

1959 Michigan 8mm frame showing a residential lawn bordered by a wooden fence, with a small shed, stone wall, and bare trees. — The camera view opens onto a fenced yard with a shed and stone edging.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame with a wider view of the lawn, pale fence, small shed, shadowed house edge, and bare trees. — A wider view shows the sunny lawn, fence, shed, and surrounding trees.

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