Columbus Ohio USA-1954: Formal Tea Party with Daisy and Candle Centerpiece

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationColumbus, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 · Columbus, Ohio, United States
StatusDirect License

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Formal Tea Party with Daisy and Candle Centerpiece — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Columbus, Ohio, 1954, showcasing an elegant table setting for a formal tea party. The scene features fine china plates, crystal glassware with red desserts, and a centerpiece of white daisies and a candle in a decorative lantern. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic mid-century American domestic scene, capturing the refined details of a classic social gathering.

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: 120772748

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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.

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: 1954 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: Columbus, 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.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1950s Columbus, Ohio home-movie footage for productions needing a domestic tea-party table cutaway, mid-century entertaining detail, or formal food-and-drink insert.
Period detail: The fine china, crystal-style stemware, molded desserts, floral tablecloth, candle lantern, and daisy centerpiece may show mid-century American formal entertaining taste.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the table arrangement at close range, giving the clip the observational value of a host or guest preserving a special household gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white daisies, a candle in a small lantern centerpiece, china plates, crystal-style glasses with red desserts, sliced citrus or lemon wedges, molded sweets, cutlery, and a floral tablecloth.
Film character: The 8mm color footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight fading that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, domestic memory beat, or establishing cutaway before or after family gathering footage.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a formal tea or dessert table within a private mid-century American household setting, without identifying the participants or occasion from the frames alone.
Research note: Rights review should account for copyright in the home-movie footage, possible likeness issues because people are flagged visible in the clip, and private-property context even though no brands are visible in these stills.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm home movie tea party table, Columbus Ohio domestic entertaining footage, mid-century dessert table, daisies candle centerpiece, and vintage fine china cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Columbus, Ohio 1954 family or household footage, and then with broader 1950s tea party, dining table, or domestic celebration scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame showing a formal tea table with china plates, crystal-style glasses, white daisies, molded desserts, and a candle lantern centerpiece. — Tea table with daisies, desserts, and candle centerpiece.
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1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame with white daisies around a candle lantern centerpiece, china plates, glassware, and arranged desserts on a formal table. — Daisy and candle centerpiece among formal tableware.
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1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame showing a formal tea table from above with a daisy centerpiece, candle lantern, molded desserts, china, cutlery, and dark fruit. — Overhead view of formal desserts and centerpiece.
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1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame focusing on a dessert plate with a red-topped sweet, nearby cutlery, white daisies, glassware, and a decorated table setting. — Dessert plate and tableware beside the floral centerpiece.
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