California-1962: Man Wiping the Hood of a Red Station Wagon and Posing Beside It

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

car ownership
car care
1960s automobiles
leisure travel
family road trip
personal pride
everyday life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Paved parking area or roadside lot in front of dark trees and foliage
Time and weather: day · overcast or shaded
Lighting: Dim, flat natural light with a strong blue colour cast and specular highlights on the car body
People: 1 · One adult man with short hair, wearing a light sweater, dark trousers and dark glasses, who wipes the car and then poses beside it
Vehicles: red early-1960s station wagon with roof rack
Objects: cloth · roof rack · round twin headlights · chrome grille · fender emblem · hubcap
Colors: red · blue · dark green · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A man leans over the hood of a red station wagon and wipes it with a cloth.
He finishes wiping and begins to straighten up beside the front fender.
Standing upright, he faces the camera, holding the cloth at his waist.
He poses with one hand on his hip beside the car until the shot ends.

Man Wiping the Hood of a Red Station Wagon and Posing... — Clip Details

San Francisco Bay Area, California, circa 1962 home movie footage. A man in a light sweater leans over the hood of a red station wagon with a roof rack and wipes it with a cloth just above the round twin headlights. He then straightens up, turns toward the camera in dark glasses and stands with one hand on his hip, with dark trees and a paved lot behind him. The single handheld 8mm shot is dim and grainy, with a strong blue cast.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001856

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 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: California, 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 early-1960s American car culture or road-trip imagery, giving documentary and nostalgia productions a short amateur shot of an owner tending and posing with a family station wagon.
Period detail: The red station wagon's round twin headlights, chrome grille and roof rack may show early-1960s American styling, and the man's sweater and dark glasses fit casual dress of that period.
Home-movie behavior: The man wipes the hood before he is ready, then straightens and strikes a self-conscious pose, an unrehearsed home-movie moment of showing off the car for the camera.
What appears in frame: A man in a light sweater, a red station wagon seen from the front three-quarter angle, a cloth in his hands, a roof rack on the car, round twin headlights, and dark trees above a paved lot.
Film character: Dim projected 8mm with heavy grain, a strong blue cast that pushes the red paint toward magenta, soft focus and scattered specks give the shot a clearly amateur period texture.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat in a travel or family sequence, or as a character introduction before road-trip and landmark shots.
Historical context: Station wagons were a common family car in early-1960s America, and the shot reflects how home-movie makers often recorded their cars as prized possessions during trips.
Research note: The man is unidentified and his face is visible, so likeness permission may matter for commercial use; the car's fender emblem and the private vehicle are separate from the film copyright, which belongs to the archive.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1960s man with car home movie, vintage red station wagon 8mm, early sixties car owner footage, or San Francisco Bay Area 1960s amateur film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's hazy Golden Gate Bridge view and the later parking-lot shot of the same red car, then with the family group portrait and man at the flower bed, then with other early-1960s California travel or car footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1962 8mm home movie, San Francisco Bay Area: a man leans over a red station wagon's hood to wipe it with a cloth — A man bends to wipe the hood of a red station wagon with a roof rack, circa 1962.
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Bay Area, California, circa 1962: a man rests a hand on a red station wagon's hood as he finishes wiping it — Still leaning on the hood, the man finishes wiping the red car before standing up.
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Circa 1962 amateur film from the San Francisco Bay Area: a man stands upright beside a red station wagon with a cloth in hand — The man straightens up and faces the camera, cloth in hand, beside the red station wagon.
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San Francisco Bay Area, circa 1962: a man in dark glasses poses with one hand on his hip beside a red early-1960s station wagon — Posing for the camera, the man stands with a hand on his hip next to the red car, circa 1962.
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