Phoenix Arizona USA-1956: A Human's Hand Placing Holiday Cards On A Wall Shelf

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationPhoenix, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Phoenix Arizona

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A Human's Hand Placing Holiday Cards On A Wall Shelf — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Phoenix, Arizona, 1956, showing a close-up of a lit red candle casting a warm glow against a pale wall. The scene shifts to reveal a red wall shelf filled with holiday cards and a small figurine. A human hand reaches into the frame to place or adjust a card among the collection. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, soft focus, and warm color tones, capturing a nostalgic moment of holiday preparation in a mid-century American home.

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: 120783806

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 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: Phoenix, Arizona, 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: Useful for 1950s American home-life requests needing a brief holiday decorating insert or domestic preparation cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The red taper candles, wall-mounted card shelf, small figurine, and soft interior decor may show mid-century household holiday display practices in Phoenix, Arizona, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures an unstaged hand entering the frame to place or adjust a holiday card among others on a wall shelf, emphasizing ordinary family preparation rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lit red taper candles, a pale interior wall, a framed picture, a small figurine, greenery, a red wall shelf, holiday cards, and a hand reaching toward the display.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and a handheld home-movie texture consistent with scanned 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday memory beat, domestic cutaway, transition into a Christmas-card sequence, or insert for mid-century home preparation.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for private holiday display inside a 1950s American home without making broader claims beyond the visible cards, candles, shelf, and interior setting.
Research note: Human hand and private interior property are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing considerations.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1950s holiday cards home movie, 8mm Christmas candle interior, mid-century family holiday decorating, and Phoenix Arizona 1956 home footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Phoenix 1956 home interiors, and then with broader 1950s holiday decorating or greeting-card display footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Phoenix, Arizona 1956 home-movie frame showing a lit red taper candle on or near a wall display, with a pale wall and blurred framed picture in the background. — Lit red candle beside a wall display.

Phoenix, Arizona 1956 home-movie frame showing a lit red candle above a soft-focus holiday display with a small figurine and pale wall behind it. — Candle above a holiday display.

Phoenix, Arizona 1956 home-movie frame showing a red wall shelf crowded with holiday cards and trim beneath a red taper candle in a private interior. — Holiday cards on a red wall shelf.

Phoenix, Arizona 1956 home-movie frame showing a hand placing or adjusting a holiday card on a red wall shelf beneath a lit red candle. — Hand adjusts holiday cards on the shelf.

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