Cleveland Ohio USA-1953: Lady Talking Over A Meal In The 1950'S

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Cleveland Ohio

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Lady Talking Over A Meal In The 1950'S — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cleveland, Ohio, 1953, capturing an elegant 1950s dinner party. The clip features a formally set table with a white cloth, silver cutlery, and a variety of dishes including olives, cheese, ham, and a distinctive green dessert topped with a cherry. A woman in period attire is seen in profile, engaged in conversation during the meal. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American dining and social life.

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: 120769292

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1953 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: Cleveland, Ohio, 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 1953 Cleveland 8mm home-movie clip supports archival requests for mid-century American dining, domestic entertaining, and social meal cutaways for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The formal table setting, white cloth, plated cold foods, silver-toned cutlery, goblets, and the woman's period hairstyle and light dress may show early-1950s home entertaining customs.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged view of a woman conversing at a meal while the camera scans across the dinner table from a household perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white tablecloth, olives, cheese or butter dishes, ham or cold meats, green gelatin-style desserts with cherries, cutlery, goblets, and a seated woman in profile.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that give the dining scene authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, social-history cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a sequence about 1950s domestic life and entertaining.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a private mid-century meal setting with prepared dishes and formal table service, without enough evidence to identify the household or occasion.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1953 Cleveland home movie dinner party, 1950s American dining table, 8mm family meal footage, and mid-century woman talking at dinner.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other scenes from the same reel, then with Cleveland or 1953 domestic footage, and then with broader 1950s food, entertaining, and family social-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Cleveland home-movie frame showing a formal dining table with a white tablecloth, goblets, serving dishes, olives, cutlery, and plated cold foods. — Formal table setting with assorted dishes.

1953 Cleveland dining-table detail with a plate of ham or cold meat, a green dessert topped with a cherry, olives in a bowl, silverware, and a white tablecloth. — Plates and desserts on the dinner table.

Woman seated beside the meal setting.

Woman talking during a formal meal.

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