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Historic street scenes, family life, travel and everyday details captured on film. Explore individual frames, check the source footage and license the image you need for $49. Each still page lists its download size and permitted uses.

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Circa 1955 home movie still from the United States: a man in shirt and tie films with an 8mm camera, free arm raised high

A man in a white shirt and narrow tie films with a small movie camera while raising his arm overhead.

1955 · United States

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Mid-1950s American backyard: smiling man waves overhead while filming with a home movie camera in front of a brick building

Still filming, the man smiles and keeps his arm lifted in a wave in front of a brick building.

1955 · United States

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Circa 1955 8mm footage: a man in shirt and tie swings his arm down mid-gesture while filming in a US backyard

The man swings his arm down across his body, his wristwatch showing, as he keeps the camera at his eye.

1955 · United States

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Circa 1955 United States home movie: man in white shirt and narrow tie poses with hand on hip while filming with an 8mm camera

Ending the gesture, the man rests a hand on his hip and keeps filming.

1955 · United States

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Circa 1955 8mm frame from the United States: a woman holds a baby behind a young girl, with white laundry on a backyard line and a dark frame house.

A woman holds a baby with a young girl in front of her, beside a line of washing in a backyard, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Mid-1950s American backyard on 8mm film: a baby looks toward the camera from a woman's arms above a young girl, washing hanging behind them.

The baby turns toward the lens as the group stands closer to the camera, laundry filling the background.

1955 · United States

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Low-angle 8mm home movie frame, United States circa 1955: woman, baby and young girl posed in a yard with trees, a clothesline and a house roof.

Filmed from a low angle, the woman and baby rise against a pale sky while the girl stands in the foreground.

1955 · United States

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Closest framing of the circa 1955 American backyard pose on 8mm: baby, woman and young girl with a white post, tree and hanging washing.

The shot ends tight on the three, the girl's head low in the frame and washing still visible behind.

1955 · United States

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Circa 1965 8mm home movie frame of a woman in a red sweater beside a backyard clothesline and hedge, United States.

The shot opens close behind the woman, with the clothesline strung in front of a tall hedge.

1965 · United States

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Circa 1965 home movie frame of a woman crossing a backyard lawn toward a white birdbath and picket-edged flower bed, United States.

As the camera pans, the birdbath and the low white picket border come into view.

1965 · United States

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Regular 8mm frame, circa 1965, of a woman passing a pedestal birdbath in an American backyard with a white picket garden border.

The woman reaches the birdbath, still walking away from the camera.

1965 · United States

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Faded colour 8mm frame, circa 1965, of a woman by a birdbath in front of a picket-edged flower bed in a United States backyard.

The shot ends with the woman beside the birdbath in front of the picket-edged flower bed.

1965 · United States

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Two men build a wooden frame in a new tract-house backyard, probably Southern California, circa 1950, with a stucco house and incinerators behind.

Two men at work on a wooden frame in a new tract-house backyard, probably Southern California, circa 1950.

1950 · California, United States

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A long timber board on red posts runs toward the camera as two men work in a bare backyard, likely California, circa 1950.

The camera drifts left to show the long board and red posts of the frame the men are building.

1950 · California, United States

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Two men pause at a backyard fence frame between new stucco tract houses, probably Southern California, circa 1950.

The men pause over the top rail, one with a hand on his hip, in front of a new stucco house.

1950 · California, United States

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End of an 8mm shot of two men building a wooden frame beside a white hip-roof tract house, likely California, circa 1950.

Both men remain at the wooden frame as the shot ends, with the hip-roof house and clothesline post behind.

1950 · California, United States

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Two young women walk across a shady backyard lawn in Florida, circa 1967, one holding a black dog while a second dog trots nearby

Two women walk toward the camera across a shaded backyard as a second small dog crosses the lawn, Florida, circa 1967.

1967 · Florida, United States

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Dark-haired woman cradling a small black dog beside a blonde friend in a gingham shift in a shady backyard, Florida, circa 1967

A woman in a white blouse holds a small black dog while her blonde companion looks across at her.

1967 · Florida, United States

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Blonde woman in a red-and-white gingham shift turns to a friend holding a black dog on a sunny lawn, Florida, circa 1967

The pair close in on the camera, and a second small dog appears at the lower left edge of the frame.

1967 · Florida, United States

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Two smiling young women in 1960s clothes, one holding a black long-haired dog, pose close to the camera in a Florida backyard, circa 1967

Both women smile at the camera, one cuddling a small black dog, in a 1960s home movie moment.

1967 · Florida, United States

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Woman in a print dress and pearls in a backyard with a clapboard house and wire fence, likely Virginia, circa 1965

A woman in a print dress and pearls waits in a backyard, circa 1965.

1965 · Virginia, United States

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Young airman in a blue USAF service uniform beside a woman in pearls in a backyard, probably Virginia, circa 1965

The camera pans to a young airman in Air Force blues, circa 1965.

1965 · Virginia, United States

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Woman touches an airman's shoulder beside an older woman in red cardigan and apron, likely Virginia, circa 1965

Two women flank a young airman in a family backyard, circa 1965.

1965 · Virginia, United States

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Woman straightens a young airman's tie beside an older woman in an apron, family backyard, probably Virginia, circa 1965

A relative straightens the airman's tie as an older woman looks on, circa 1965.

1965 · Virginia, United States

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