United States-1977: Woman and Man Opening the Rear Hatch of a Two-Tone Blue VW Bus

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

1970s vehicles
road trip preparation
loading a vehicle
1970s fashion
American residential life
home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Residential street with a curb, a single-storey yellow house, a block wall, a utility pole and bare deciduous trees
Time and weather: midday · winter · sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 2 · A woman with shoulder-length light hair in a tan sweater vest over a dark long-sleeved top, flared blue jeans and a shoulder bag, and a man with dark curly hair in a dark shirt and khaki trousers holding a white box.
Vehicles: two-tone blue and white Volkswagen Type 2 bus · white car (partial, foreground)
Objects: rear hatch · white box · shoulder bag · utility pole · block wall · license plate
Colors: teal blue · off-white · olive green · pale yellow · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A short pan settles on the rear of a two-tone blue VW bus with two people beside it.
The woman in a sweater vest and flared jeans reaches for the rear hatch handle.
The rear hatch lifts open as the man steps up beside her.
The man, holding a white box, turns toward the camera at the open hatch.

Woman and Man Opening the Rear Hatch of a Two-Tone Blue... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1977, home movie footage shows a two-tone blue and white Volkswagen Type 2 parked at the curb of a residential street under bare trees. A woman in a tan sweater vest, flared jeans and a shoulder bag reaches for the rear hatch while a man in a dark shirt and khaki trousers stands beside her holding a white box. She lifts the hatch open as he turns toward the camera. The single handheld Super 8 shot opens with a short pan and then holds in bright sunlight.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001002

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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: 1977 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: Helps a brief for 1970s American everyday life or travel culture that needs a genuine home-movie shot of a VW bus being opened and loaded on a residential street.
Period detail: The two-tone blue Volkswagen Type 2, which appears to be a bay-window model, plus flared jeans and a sweater vest, may show a mid-to-late 1970s setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera operator catches two people casually getting ready to load the van, with the man glancing back at the camera, an unstaged moment of a family outing taking shape.
What appears in frame: A two-tone blue and white VW bus at the curb, a woman in a sweater vest opening its rear hatch, a man holding a white box, bare trees, a utility pole and a yellow house behind a block wall.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with a green-yellow colour cast, soft focus, visible grain, hard sunlit shadows and a dark gate edge give the shot a warm, worn archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat before a departure or road-trip sequence, or as a period-vehicle cutaway in a 1970s montage.
Historical context: The Volkswagen Type 2 bay-window van was built in Germany from 1967/68 to 1979 and was a familiar family and travel vehicle on American streets in that era.
Research note: This home movie's copyright is separate from the likeness of the two people, whose identities are unknown; the house, vehicle and unreadable plate are private property, so assess releases before use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1970s VW bus home movie, Super 8 Volkswagen van loading, vintage road trip packing footage or 1970s flared jeans street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's family holiday dinner, man carving the holiday turkey and woman holding a baby clips, then other circa 1977 American street footage, then vintage road-trip and vehicle-loading shots.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman reaching for the rear hatch of a two-tone blue VW Type 2 on a United States street, circa 1977 — A woman reaches for the rear of a two-tone VW bus as a man stands close behind her, circa 1977.
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Two people at the back of a parked blue VW bus on a sunny American residential street, circa 1977 — Two people stand at the back of a VW bus parked at the curb under bare trees.
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Woman gripping the rear hatch handle of a blue and white VW Type 2 bus, United States, circa 1977 — The woman grips the hatch handle while the man waits beside her.
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Open rear hatch of a two-tone VW bus, with a woman and a man holding a white box, circa 1977 United States — With the hatch raised, the man holding a white box turns toward the camera, circa 1977.
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