Wisconsin-1958: Man Cooking on Grill by Firewood

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Man Cooking on Grill by Firewood — Clip Details

A man in a plaid cap and light-colored shirt cooks food on a portable grill in a backyard, with a large stack of chopped firewood behind him. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of outdoor cooking, likely for a family gathering. The scene is bathed in natural sunlight, with warm tones and slight film grain characteristic of Super 8 footage. The man tends to the grill, flipping food as he sits on a chair, while another person briefly enters the frame. The setting suggests a rural or suburban home in Wisconsin, evoking a sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgic domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127716251

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: 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 1211 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: family picnic,water skiing,lake wisconsin
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: wisconsin
Date: 1958 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: Wisconsin, 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: Useful for 1950s Wisconsin home-movie requests needing domestic backyard cooking, family-gathering atmosphere, or mid-century outdoor leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The plaid cap, light shirt, portable charcoal-style grill, stacked firewood, and casual yard setting may show late-1950s rural or suburban domestic life.
Home-movie behavior: The seated man tending food on the grill gives the clip an unstaged family-record feel, with another adult briefly crossing close to the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated man in a plaid cap, a low outdoor grill, food on foil, a chair, stacked chopped firewood, sunlit grass, and partial adult figures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or domestic-life cutaway for scenes about cooking, fathers, summer yards, or family gatherings.
Historical context: The clip documents everyday outdoor meal preparation in a Wisconsin yard without showing public landmarks, commercial signs, or identifiable civic events.
Research note: People are visible, including a likely identifiable adult face, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Wisconsin 8mm backyard grill, father cooking home movie, 1950s family barbecue, and mid-century firewood yard footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Wisconsin home movies, then broader 1950s backyard cooking or family gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Wisconsin home-movie footage, a man in a plaid cap sits beside a backyard grill in front of a large firewood stack. — A seated man tends food on a low backyard grill with chopped firewood stacked behind him.

A man in a plaid cap is seated near a portable backyard grill, with chopped logs and yard objects visible behind him. — The man remains seated beside the grill as the firewood stack fills the background.

A standing adult passes close to the camera, partly blocking the view of the seated man, backyard grill, and stacked firewood. — A person crosses the foreground while the grill and seated figure remain partly visible.

Two partial adult figures stand near the camera while the backyard grill, seated man, and stacked firewood remain visible in the yard. — Foreground adults partly obscure the seated man and grill in the sunlit backyard.

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