Web preview · 256px highThe 8mm camera moves close to a weathered cemetery marker, with partial lettering visible and grass behind it.
A close cemetery marker shot shows partial carved text.

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A close cemetery marker shot shows partial carved text — Iowa, 1959

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Catalog year
1959
Location
Iowa, United States
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Still 3 · 3.52s into the source clip
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The 8mm camera moves close to a weathered cemetery marker, with partial lettering visible and grass behind it.

The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 3.52 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.

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Source footage and archive context

Iowa-1959: Man Walking Through Cemetery with Gravestones

Iowa-1959: Man Walking Through Cemetery with Gravestones

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Source format: 8mm.

Browse the collection: 1959 Iowa.

Date documentation · estimated

Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.

Location documentation · estimated

Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.

Source reel 1319

Year note: 1959

Location note: iowa

Period detail

The 8mm color stock, clothing, and upright granite cemetery markers support a late-1950s home-movie setting, with Iowa and 1959 supplied by clip metadata.

Film character

The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, gate edges, slight handheld movement, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie texture.

Historical context

The imagery shows a mid-century family record of cemetery visitation, emphasizing names, graves, and remembrance without documenting a specific service or public event.

Research note

People and grave inscriptions are visible, so users should review likeness, privacy, cemetery, and inscription concerns separately from copyright status.

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