New Jersey-1960: Man Pushes a Lawn Mower Past a Historical Museum Arrow Sign

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationNew Jersey, United States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 · New Jersey, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1960 · New Jersey & Cape May Point · Reel 6ba38af0 contains 7 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

local history
heritage tourism
summer vacation
lawn care
mid-century automobiles
roadside signage
small-town America

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Mown lawn in front of a building, with a roadside arrow sign on posts and cars parked along the street behind
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright daylight with a cool blue-violet colour cast
People: 1 · A young man with short hair, in a light short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers, pushing a hand lawn mower
Vehicles: two-tone late-1950s sedan · parked late-1950s cars
Landmarks: Cape May County Historical Museum sign
Objects: arrow sign · sign posts · hand lawn mower · lawn · building facade
Readable signs: CAPE MAY COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM · OPEN TO PUBLIC
Colors: navy blue · pale grey · green · tan · dark red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A young man pushes a hand lawn mower in front of the museum arrow sign.
He walks out of frame to the left, partly covering the lettering.
The full sign reading Cape May County Historical Museum, Open to Public is clear.
The camera holds on the sign and the parked cars behind it as a magenta blemish crosses the film.

Man Pushes a Lawn Mower Past a Historical Museum Arrow Sign — Clip Details

In Cape May County, New Jersey, circa 1960, home movie footage shows a roadside arrow sign reading CAPE MAY COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM and OPEN TO PUBLIC standing on a mown lawn. A young man in a short-sleeved shirt pushes a hand lawn mower leftward past the board and walks out of frame. The camera then holds steady on the lettering, with a two-tone late-1950s car and a row of parked cars and buildings behind. The single 8mm shot has a cool blue cast and soft focus.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000948

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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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1960 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: New Jersey, 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: Meets requests for circa-1960 Jersey Shore or Cape May County footage, giving local history and heritage-tourism productions a sign that names the place.
Period detail: Two-tone late-1950s cars with white roofs, the young man's short-sleeved shirt and the hand-lettered museum arrow sign may show a date around 1960.
Home-movie behavior: A vacationing family films a museum sign while a groundskeeper or local man walks past with a mower, an unstaged moment in a visitor's record.
What appears in frame: An arrow sign naming the Cape May County Historical Museum, a young man pushing a lawn mower, mown grass, a tan two-tone sedan, more parked cars and part of a building.
Film character: Projected 8mm with a cool blue-violet cast, soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld drift and a brief magenta emulsion mark near the end.
Edit role: Works as an establishing insert or location title card for Cape May County, with the mowing figure adding a short burst of movement before the hold.
Historical context: A county historical museum advertising that it is open to the public shows local heritage presented as a stop for summer motorists and families.
Research note: Film copyright rests with the home-movie maker or rights holder, while the visible man's likeness and the museum's sign and grounds raise separate likeness and property questions.
Research search match: Cape May County Historical Museum sign 8mm, Jersey Shore home movie circa 1960, vintage museum open to public sign, man mowing lawn late 1950s cars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's VIKING motel sign, shuffleboard, woman on motel stairs and jetty shipwreck clips, then with other circa-1960 Cape May County footage, then with mid-century heritage-tourism signs.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young man mows the lawn by the Cape May County Historical Museum arrow sign, New Jersey, circa 1960, late-1950s cars behind — A man pushes a lawn mower past the Cape May County Historical Museum sign, circa 1960.
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Man leaves frame beside the Cape May County Historical Museum, Open to Public sign in New Jersey, circa 1960 — The mower passes out of view at left as the museum lettering comes clear.
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Full view of the Cape May County Historical Museum arrow sign on a lawn, New Jersey, circa 1960, with parked cars behind — CAPE MAY COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, OPEN TO PUBLIC, circa 1960.
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Steady 8mm view of the Cape May County museum sign, New Jersey, circa 1960, with a late-1950s car and a magenta film blemish — The camera holds on the museum sign and parked cars at the end of the shot.
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