United States-1958: Two-Tone Blue Sedan at Roadside Gas Pumps With Man Beside Second Car

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States

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What is in this clip

roadside America
car culture
postwar motoring
service station
everyday life
small-town commerce
mid-century design

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level
Setting: outdoor · roadside gas station forecourt with white frame buildings and bare trees
Time and weather: daytime · late autumn or winter · clear
Lighting: direct daylight with deep foreground shadow
People: 1 · One man in dark clothing standing at the front of the second car, seen at a distance and out of focus.
Vehicles: two-tone blue 1950s American sedan · pale-coloured 1950s car
Objects: gas pumps · pump island · oval brand sign on pole · cluster lamps · utility poles · white frame buildings · overhead wires
Colors: blue · white · black · light blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A two-tone blue sedan stands at a white gas pump with white frame buildings behind it.
A man in dark clothing stands at the front of a second car on the far side of the pump island.
The handheld frame drifts right, moving the blue sedan toward the left of the picture.
The man remains beside the second car as the shot ends.

Two-Tone Blue Sedan at Roadside Gas Pumps With Man... — Clip Details

United States, circa 1958 home movie footage of a roadside gas station, the exact location unidentified. A two-tone blue American sedan stands in the foreground beside a white gas pump, and a man in dark clothing stands at a second, pale-coloured car on the far side of the pump island. Behind them are white gabled frame buildings, a white oval brand sign on a pole, cluster lamps and bare trees under a clear blue sky. The single 8mm shot is handheld, soft in focus and drifts slightly to the right.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000342

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits requests for late-1950s American roadside and car-culture footage, as a brief period insert of cars at a gas station.
Period detail: A two-tone blue 1950s American sedan, upright period gas pumps, cluster lamps and an oval brand sign on a pole point to the late 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: An amateur filmmaker points the camera at an ordinary fuel stop, catching a man beside his car at the pumps without any staging.
What appears in frame: A two-tone blue sedan, a white gas pump, a second pale car with a man beside it, white gabled buildings, an oval sign on a pole, cluster lamps and bare trees.
Film character: Soft-focus, grainy 8mm colour with a saturated blue sky, heavy foreground shadow and a slight handheld drift to the right.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat in a road-trip or everyday-life sequence, or as a quick scene-setter for a 1950s motoring passage.
Historical context: The shot shows a small roadside station with frame buildings and a pump island serving two cars, a common sight in the United States of the late 1950s.
Research note: The station brand sign and licence plate are unreadable and the man is not identifiable, but the film's copyright, any likeness and the property shown are separate matters for the licensee to assess.
Research search match: 1950s gas station home movie, two-tone sedan at gas pumps, vintage roadside service station 8mm, late 1950s American cars colour film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the hula-hoop girl and the fox hunt from the same reel, then with other circa 1958 American roadside footage, then with gas station and car-culture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two-tone blue 1950s sedan at a roadside gas pump in the United States, circa 1958, with white frame buildings and an oval sign behind. — A two-tone blue sedan stands at the pumps of a roadside gas station, United States, circa 1958.
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A man stands beside a pale car across the pump island from a two-tone blue sedan at a United States gas station, circa 1958. — A man in dark clothing stands at a second car on the far side of the pump island.
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Roadside gas station forecourt in the United States, circa 1958, with a two-tone blue sedan, pump island, a man at a second car and bare trees. — The handheld frame drifts right, showing the full pump island with both cars and the buildings beyond.
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Late-1950s American gas station scene on 8mm film: two sedans at the pumps, a man beside the far car, a white gabled building and cluster lamps. — Two 1950s sedans stand either side of the pumps as the short shot ends.
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