Michigan-1959: A Man And His Wife Sharing Dinner At Home

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

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A Man And His Wife Sharing Dinner At Home — Clip Details

A man in a red patterned shirt and glasses and a woman in a blue top share a quiet dinner at home in this 1959 8mm home movie. They sit at a table with bowls, glasses, and a bottle, engaged in casual conversation and meal preparation. The warm, slightly grainy footage captures an intimate domestic moment, with soft lighting and vintage 1950s attire. The scene exudes nostalgia, offering a glimpse into mid-century American family life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127713643

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: Yes
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: Supports requests for late-1950s Michigan home interiors, domestic dinner scenes, and intimate family-life cutaways for documentary or educational editing.
Period detail: Visible cues include 1950s-style eyeglasses, short-sleeve patterned shirt, blue top, tableware, and a dark wood home dining interior captured on 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged meal moment, with adults seated close together, handling dishes and talking around a small dining table.
What appears in frame: The frames show a man in glasses, a woman in a blue top, plates and bowls, drinking glasses, a labeled bottle, curtains, wood trim, and a crowded table.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven indoor exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic-life insert, memory beat, transitional dinner cutaway, or visual bridge within a mid-century family sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show ordinary mid-century American home dining habits, with informal clothing and table activity inside a private Michigan residence.
Research note: Visible faces, a private interior, and a labeled bottle call for likeness, property, and brand review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Michigan 8mm dinner at home, 1950s couple dining, home movie kitchen table, and mid-century family meal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Michigan home interiors, then broader 1950s family dining or domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm frame of a man in glasses at a home dining table, with a woman partly visible in the dim interior. — A man in glasses handles a dish at the dining table as another adult sits nearby.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing two adults at a dining table with dishes, glasses, and a labeled bottle in view. — Two adults sit at a table with dinnerware and a bottle during a quiet indoor meal.

1959 Michigan 8mm frame of a woman at a home dining table, with a labeled bottle and another adult close to the camera. — A woman sits at the table while another adult leans forward in the foreground.

1959 Michigan home interior frame showing the back of a red-shirted adult at a crowded dinner table with other faces partly visible. — The camera looks over a red-shirted adult toward others gathered around the dining table.

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