Dallas Texas USA-1956: Woman Holding Fan With Crying Eyes While Singing On Stage

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Woman Holding Fan With Crying Eyes While Singing On Stage — Clip Details

A woman in a pink hat and black dress performs on stage in Dallas, Texas, 1956, holding a decorative fan with drawings of crying eyes. She sings dramatically with her mouth open, her expression intense, while the fan partially covers her face. The vintage 8mm film shows grainy texture and warm color tones, with a green curtain backdrop suggesting a community theatre production. Her hand, adorned with a ring and bracelet, grips the fan as she performs, creating a surreal, artistic moment blending theatrical expression and symbolic imagery.

Licensing & Technical Details

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: 120786227

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 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports requests for 1950s Dallas stage-performance home-movie footage, especially theatrical inserts showing a costumed woman using a surreal hand-painted fan during a dramatic song or pantomime.
Period detail: The black dress, pink hat, jewelry, painted prop fan, green stage curtain, and warm 8mm color support a mid-1950s community-theatre or social-performance setting consistent with the supplied Dallas, Texas, 1956 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the close, informal spectator view of a live performer mid-gesture, with the camera catching expressive movement rather than a polished staged recording.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a pink hat and dark dress, a hand-painted fan or board decorated with crying eyes, a green curtain backdrop, jewelry on her hand and wrist, and theatrical facial expressions.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, dim stage exposure, saturated warm color, and slight motion blur that preserve the feel of a small live performance being filmed from the audience.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, surreal performance insert, theatrical memory beat, or visual transition in sequences about amateur stage shows, midcentury entertainment, or symbolic costume performance.
Historical context: The frames show a woman performing with an expressive prop in what appears to be a small stage setting, reflecting social or community entertainment rather than a clearly identifiable public venue or named production.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, and any copyright status for the filmed performance, costume design, or fan artwork should be assessed separately from stock footage licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Dallas home movie stage performance, woman singing with fan, amateur theatre 8mm footage, surreal crying eyes prop, and midcentury costumed performer.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring clips from the same reel, then with other Dallas 1956 social or stage footage, then with broader 1950s home-movie clips of amateur theatre, musical performance, or costume parties.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a Dallas, Texas, 1956 home-movie frame, a woman on stage holds a patterned fan close to her face against a green curtain backdrop. — Performer raises a painted fan near her face.

A woman in a pink hat and dark dress bends toward a white prop painted with crying eyes during the Dallas stage performance. — Performer leans over a crying-eyes prop.

The stage performer holds a white fan or board with painted eyes and tear shapes while her face is partly obscured in the dim 8mm frame. — Painted eye motif fills the stage frame.

A woman in a pink hat and black dress appears to sing or emote while holding a patterned fan in front of a green curtain in the 1956 Dallas footage. — Woman performs dramatically with a fan.

Visually Similar Clips