Wisconsin-1958: Men Playfully with Ball in Suburban Yard

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Men Playfully with Ball in Suburban Yard — Clip Details

WISCONSIN-1958: Two men share a lighthearted moment outdoors on a sunny day. One man in a white shirt and striped tie stands calmly while another man in a blue plaid shirt playfully holds a white ball near his head, then pretends to comb his hair with a small object. The scene unfolds in a suburban backyard with a house and utility pole visible in the background, captured on vintage 8mm film with characteristic color saturation and grain. The men's expressions shift from amusement to laughter, conveying a sense of camaraderie and nostalgia.

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: 127716720

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 adult friendship, backyard leisure, or playful suburban family-gathering moments for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The white dress shirt, striped tie, blue plaid shirt, simple yard setting, and small neighboring house details may show late-1950s casual domestic life.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged comic exchange between two adult men as one holds a white ball near the other's head and jokingly mimics grooming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a white ball, a small comb-like object, shirts and tie, a sunny yard, house roofline, utility pole, and swing-set-like frame.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, bright daylight exposure, visible grain, slight color shift, and handheld framing that give it recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, comic memory beat, or transition within sequences about family gatherings, friendship, or postwar suburban leisure.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal adult play in a residential yard, with dressier and casual clothing appearing together in a home-movie setting.
Research note: Faces are clearly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Wisconsin home movies, men joking in a backyard, vintage 8mm suburban yard footage, and playful adult family gathering scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1958 home movies, then broader 1950s backyard leisure or family gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Wisconsin home-movie footage, a man in a blue plaid shirt holds a white ball near a man wearing a white shirt and striped tie. — A playful setup begins as the ball is raised beside the man's head.

The plaid-shirted man holds the white ball against the side of the other man's head in a sunny Wisconsin yard. — The men smile as the white ball is held against the side of the head.

The man in the white shirt touches his head as the plaid-shirted man raises a small object during the playful exchange. — The joke shifts as one man raises a small object and the other reacts.

The plaid-shirted man appears to pretend to comb or groom the other man's head as the man in the tie makes a comic expression. — The men continue the mock grooming gesture in the sunny backyard.

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