United States-1957: Men in Suits Standing Together on a Lawn

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

formal dress
outdoor gathering
residential life
informal portraiture
midcentury clothing
home movie memories

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · tilt · Approximately eye level, drifting upward toward the tree canopy
Setting: outdoor · Residential lawn with detached houses, a large deciduous tree and a partly visible parked car
Time and weather: daytime · likely spring · clear and sunny
Lighting: Direct sunlight with strong facial shadows
People: 6 · Three men wear suits or jackets with ties, including one with glasses and a tan brimmed hat; a woman in gray with a pink floral accent, a boy with glasses and a partially visible child in a reddish hat also appear.
Vehicles: partially obscured parked car
Objects: tan brimmed hat · eyeglasses · suit jackets · neckties · gray coat · pink floral accessory · reddish child's hat · large deciduous tree · detached houses · utility pole
Colors: green · blue · brown · gray · cream · tan
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A brown-suited man stands in front of a boy and a woman on the lawn.
The man wearing a tan brimmed hat becomes more prominent as the camera pans left.
A smiling man in a light jacket enters the composition beside the hat-wearing man.
The light-jacketed man remains beneath the tree as a child's reddish hat appears at the lower edge.

Men in Suits Standing Together on a Lawn — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows formally dressed adults and children gathered on a residential lawn. A man in a brown suit passes across the foreground beside a man wearing glasses and a tan brimmed hat, with a woman and boy behind them. The handheld camera pans left to a smiling man in a light jacket and tie, with a large branching tree, detached houses and part of a parked car in the background.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004428

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$149 · Editorial only 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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
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: 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: This circa 1957 residential gathering supplies documentary and museum requests for American men's formal clothing in everyday home movies.
Period detail: Dark suits, a light jacket, neckties, eyeglasses and a tan brimmed hat provide visible midcentury clothing details.
Home-movie behavior: People shift through the frame and smile toward the camera while the operator loosely reframes the group.
What appears in frame: The shot includes suited men, a woman in gray, children, a tan hat, a branching tree, detached houses and part of a parked car.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, variable exposure and a cool cast accompany the handheld movement in this projected-film capture.
Edit role: Use the pan as a short clothing cutaway or a memory beat between longer portraits of the outdoor gathering.
Historical context: Formal clothing appears in a casual residential setting, although the images do not identify the occasion.
Research note: Recognizable adults, minors and residential property are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any likeness or property permissions required for the intended use.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1957 American home movies, men in suits on a lawn and outdoor portraits with a brimmed hat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's women in hats beside period cars or children in formal clothes, then with United States footage circa 1957 and other residential gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adults and a boy gather on a lawn in the United States, circa 1957, with a brown suit, tan brimmed hat and gray coat visible. — A brown-suited man fills the foreground while other members of the gathering stand behind him.
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A tan-hatted man in a gray suit faces the camera on a residential lawn in the United States, circa 1957. — The camera centers on the man in a tan hat, with houses and a partly hidden car behind him.
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A smiling man in a light jacket appears beside a tan-hatted man in the United States, circa 1957, beneath a spreading tree. — The leftward pan brings a man in a light jacket into view beside the tree.
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A light-jacketed man smiles beneath a residential tree in the United States, circa 1957, with a child partly visible below. — The final framing leaves the smiling man low beneath the branches, with a child entering along the bottom.
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