United States-1959: Man in Sunglasses Turns to the Camera Beside an Esso Extra Gas Pump

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · United States

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What is in this clip

gas station
car culture
roadside America
oil company branding
everyday life
acknowledging the camera
mid-century Americana

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static · eye level, from behind the subject's shoulder
Setting: outdoor · gas station forecourt beside a fuel pump, with a pale building wall and window behind
Time and weather: day · spring · sunny
Lighting: hard daylight on the man's shirt and the pump top, with deep black shadows behind
People: 1 · One adult man with short dark hair, dark sunglasses and a blue shirt with reddish lettering on the back, first seen from behind and then turning to the camera.
Objects: Esso Extra gas pump · sunglasses · blue shirt · window · building wall · small sign
Readable signs: Esso Ext
Colors: blue · violet · white · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A man in a blue shirt stands with his back to the camera beside a white Esso pump.
He leans toward the pump while the 'Esso Ext' lettering stays readable on its face.
He begins to turn over his left shoulder.
He faces the camera in dark sunglasses with a slight smile.

Man in Sunglasses Turns to the Camera Beside an Esso... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1959 home movie footage shows a man standing at a white Esso gas pump, seen from behind in a blue shirt with reddish lettering across the back. He leans toward the pump, then turns over his shoulder to the camera in dark sunglasses with a slight smile. The pump face reads 'Esso Ext', part of the Esso Extra grade name. It is a single handheld 8mm colour shot at close range, soft in focus, with a strong blue cast and deep shadows.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000464

Rights & Clearance

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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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 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: Answers requests for late-1950s American gas station footage with a readable Esso pump and a person in frame, for car culture, oil industry or everyday-life documentaries.
Period detail: A white round-topped pump lettered 'Esso Ext', a man's short dark haircut and dark sunglasses point to the late 1950s; the shirt may show work-style lettering on the back.
Home-movie behavior: The man is busy at the pump until he notices the camera, then glances back over his shoulder with a slight smile, a typical unposed home-movie acknowledgment.
What appears in frame: A man's back in a blue shirt, his dark hair and sunglasses, a white Esso pump with black lettering, a pale wall, a paned window and a small unreadable sign in shadow.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm colour with a strong blue-violet cast, crushed black shadows, visible grain, light handheld movement and a few white specks from the film surface.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat, with the turn to camera giving a natural cut point into or out of a road trip or town sequence.
Historical context: Esso was Standard Oil of New Jersey's brand in its eastern US markets and was replaced by Exxon at US stations in 1972, so the pump lettering marks the earlier period.
Research note: The man's face is visible though softened by sunglasses and focus, and the Esso trademark is readable; likeness and trademark questions are separate from copyright in the film.
Research search match: 1950s Esso gas pump home movie, man at vintage filling station, 8mm gas station footage, man turns to camera at gas pump, pre-Exxon Esso station.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the dirt-track stock car racing clip from the same reel, then with other late-1950s eastern US street and gas station footage, then with car culture themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Back view of a man in a blue shirt at a white Esso Extra gas pump in the United States, circa 1959, from 8mm home movie film. — A man stands with his back to the camera at an Esso pump, circa 1959.
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The pump face reads 'Esso Ext' as the man leans toward it.

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Circa 1959 8mm frame of a man in a blue shirt beginning to turn from an Esso gas pump in the United States, his face still in shadow. — The man begins to turn away from the pump.
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A man in dark sunglasses looks over his shoulder at the camera beside a white Esso pump in the United States, circa 1959, on 8mm colour film. — He looks back at the camera through dark sunglasses, with the Esso pump beside him.
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