Dallas Texas USA-1956: Women in Elegant Dresses at Social Gathering

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationDallas, Texas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Dallas Texas

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Women in Elegant Dresses at Social Gathering — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dallas, Texas, 1956, showing a group of women at a social gathering. The women, with short, styled hair typical of the era, wear elegant dresses in black and white, accessorized with pearl necklaces and earrings. They stand in a line against a textured green wall, their expressions animated as they appear to be singing or speaking together. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight camera shake, and soft focus, capturing a candid moment of mid-century American social life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 120786159

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: Dallas, Texas, 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 clip supports 1950s American social-life requests needing real 8mm footage of women gathered for a small indoor performance or party moment in Dallas.
Period detail: The styled short hair, pearl jewelry, formal dark and light dresses, and home-movie color stock may show mid-century dress and social presentation consistent with the supplied 1956 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The women appear to stand close together and look toward the camera or an off-camera cue, creating an unstaged record of group singing, speaking, or posing at a social gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several adult women, formal dresses, pearl necklaces and earrings, short styled hair, a textured green wall, soft focus, and partial body framing.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that contribute to its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or social-history cutaway for mid-century gatherings, women's groups, amateur performance, or family-event sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for adult women's dress, grooming, and group social behavior in a private or semi-private indoor setting, without identifying the event or participants.
Research note: Recognizable adult faces are visible, so users should assess likeness and privacy considerations separately from copyright status, with no logos or children apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1950s Dallas 8mm women social gathering, mid-century women in formal dresses, home movie party singing, and pearl jewelry group portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other Dallas 1956 clips, and then with broader 1950s home-movie scenes of parties, women's groups, and informal performances.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult women in dark and light formal dresses stand shoulder to shoulder against a textured green wall in Dallas home-movie footage from the supplied 1956 metadata. — Women lined up at an indoor social gathering.

Several adult women, including figures in dark dresses and one in a light dress, face the camera while standing close together against a green wall. — Women in formal mid-century dress face the camera.

A closer handheld view shows adult women in formal clothing and pearl jewelry, with one figure partly cut off at the left edge. — Close view of women at the gathering.

The frame catches a cropped lower-body view of a person in dark clothing beside a light skirt or petticoat, with the green wall still visible behind. — Cropped detail of clothing during the gathering.

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