Illinois-1957: Two Women Wave and Pose Beside a Two-Tone Rambler by a Blue Lake

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · Illinois, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1957 · Illinois & United States · Reel 53224020 contains 4 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

1950s car culture
road trip
friendship
leisure travel
women's fashion
lakeside vacation
posing for the camera

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · lakeshore with a parked car on pale sandy ground and open blue water behind
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 2 · Two adult women: one with short dark hair in a light blue sweater with a white collar and dark slacks, who waves; one in sunglasses, a patterned short-sleeved blouse with red trim and dark trousers, hands in pockets.
Vehicles: two-tone teal and navy Rambler four-door sedan
Objects: sunglasses · chrome grille · whitewall tire · front bumper
Colors: deep blue · teal · navy · light blue · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two women stand side by side against the front of a two-tone sedan, with a blue lake behind.
The woman in the light blue sweater raises her hand and waves at the camera.
The woman in sunglasses leans her head toward her companion and both smile.
Both women stand still facing the camera, one with her hands in her pockets.

Two Women Wave and Pose Beside a Two-Tone Rambler by a... — Clip Details

Probably Illinois, circa 1957, home movie footage of two women posing beside a two-tone teal and navy Rambler sedan parked in front of a wide, deep blue lake. The woman in a light blue sweater with a white collar raises a hand to wave. Her companion, in sunglasses and a patterned blouse, then leans toward her, and both smile at the camera. The scene is one handheld 8mm shot in a steady medium-wide frame, with soft focus, visible grain and strongly saturated blues.

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: 800001874

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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: 1957 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: Illinois, 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: Fills a request for mid-1950s American road-trip or car-ownership imagery, with real women posing by a family sedan at a lake, suited to documentary and social-history use.
Period detail: A two-tone second-generation Rambler sedan, women in slacks, a collared sweater and a patterned blouse, and cat-eye style sunglasses all point to the mid-to-late 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: An unscripted moment of two women posing for a family camera, one waving and the other leaning in with a grin, shows the easy affection of a travel stop.
What appears in frame: Two smiling women stand at the front fender of a teal and navy sedan, with a chrome grille, a whitewall tire, pale sandy ground and a wide band of deep blue lake water behind.
Film character: Soft focus, fine grain, scattered dust specks and heavily saturated blues give the shot the texture of projected amateur 8mm colour reversal film.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or character insert inside a road-trip sequence, or as a cutaway between establishing shots of travel and the lakeshore.
Historical context: The Rambler shown belongs to a compact family-car line whose second-generation body went on sale in December 1955, a period when car ownership made lake and road trips common.
Research note: Both women's faces are identifiable and they are unnamed, so likeness releases are advisable; copyright in the film is separate from personal likeness, and the car's design is shown incidentally.
Research search match: 1950s women posing by car, vintage 8mm road trip lake, Rambler sedan home movie, 1950s Midwest vacation footage, woman waving at camera 1950s
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's lakeshore beach play, 1950s street with loaded car and lift bridges; then with other circa 1957 Illinois footage; then with 1950s road-trip themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two women pose by a two-tone Rambler sedan at a lake, likely Illinois, circa 1957, on 8mm film — Two women stand at the fender of a two-tone Rambler beside a deep blue lake, circa 1957.
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Woman in sunglasses leans toward her companion by a teal Rambler at a lakeshore, circa 1957, likely the Midwest — The woman in the patterned blouse leans in close to her companion as both smile at the camera.
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Smiling women in 1950s slacks and a sweater stand by a two-tone Rambler at a lake, probably Illinois, circa 1957 — Both women hold a smiling pose in front of the sedan, with the lake filling the background.
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Two women face the camera beside a teal Rambler sedan by a broad lake, likely Illinois, circa 1957, amateur 8mm — The two women stand facing the camera, one with her hands in her pockets, at a lakeside stop.
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