United States-1959: Streamlined Diesel Locomotives Passing Parked Vehicles

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1959 · United States · Reel 48594feb contains 12 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

rail transportation
road transportation
mid-century machinery
everyday working life
industrial surroundings
amateur observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · Approximately eye level, looking across an open vehicle area toward the railway
Setting: outdoor · Open working area beside a railway, with parked vehicles, a loaded truck and a nearby building
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Dry conditions with a pale, hazy sky
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright reflections on vehicle bodywork
People: 2 · Two distant adult-appearing men in shirts and trousers stand or walk across the open ground; facial details are indistinct.
Vehicles: streamlined diesel locomotives · loaded truck · parked rounded van · parked light road vehicle
Objects: utility pole · horizontal crossarms · pitched-roof building · upright posts · mound of dark loose material · truck sideboards · small pale container at lower edge
Colors: gray · muted blue · cream · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A rounded locomotive cab moves rightward behind parked vehicles.
The locomotive bodies pass behind the loaded foreground truck.
A second man enters from the right as the train continues past.
Both men cross the open ground beneath the passing locomotives.

Streamlined Diesel Locomotives Passing Parked Vehicles — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1959 home movie footage shows streamlined diesel locomotives moving from left to right behind parked road vehicles. A loaded truck fills the right foreground, partly blocking the railway, while a man stands and walks across the open ground. Another man enters near the end and crosses in front of the truck. The continuous wide view remains nearly fixed, with soft detail, muted color and visible film scratches.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shot
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004725

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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: 1959 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: Supports a documentary request for American diesel railway activity and everyday road transport circa 1959.
Period detail: Rounded locomotive cabs, horizontally striped bodies and bulbous road-vehicle styling provide visible mid-century transport clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on passing machinery while distant men move casually through the foreground without visibly posing.
What appears in frame: The view includes streamlined locomotives, parked vehicles, a loaded truck, two men, a utility pole and a pale pitched-roof building.
Film character: Muted color, grain, soft detail, dust and vertical scratches carry the texture of small-gauge film recorded from projection.
Edit role: Works as a transport cutaway or a short transition between machinery, workplace and everyday-life sequences.
Historical context: The juxtaposition of diesel locomotives and rounded road vehicles places railway movement within an ordinary mid-century working setting.
Research note: People and property are visible, with faces and vehicle lettering indistinct; copyright licensing remains separate from likeness, trademark and property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for American streamlined diesel locomotives, passing trains and color small-gauge transport footage circa 1959.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's loader and bulldozer scenes, then other United States footage circa 1959, followed by broader diesel railway and road transport material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1959, a rounded diesel locomotive cab passes behind parked vehicles while a man stands beside a loaded truck. — The streamlined cab is visible between parked vehicles and the foreground truck.
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Diesel locomotive bodies pass a utility pole in the United States, circa 1959, above parked vehicles and a walking man. — The passing locomotive bodies extend across the background behind the vehicle area.
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In the United States, circa 1959, connected diesel locomotive bodies pass behind a standing man, parked vehicles and a truck carrying dark material. — A connection between locomotive bodies is visible above the parked vehicles.
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Two men cross a vehicle area in the United States, circa 1959, with diesel locomotives passing behind them and a loaded truck at right. — A second man crosses in front of the truck as the train continues rightward.
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