Medford New Jersey USA-1973: Family at Christmas Dinner Table

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationMedford, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Medford New Jersey

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Family at Christmas Dinner Table — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Medford, New Jersey, 1973, capturing a family gathering during Christmas. The scene unfolds in a dimly lit living room with a prominent lamp casting warm light and a decorated Christmas tree visible in the background. Family members are seated around a table, engaged in quiet conversation and sharing a meal. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: grainy texture, purple color cast, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a mid-1970s holiday celebration.

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: 121083494

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 1390 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,wedding,kittens
Reel-level year note: 1973-1974
Reel-level location note: medford
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Medford, New Jersey, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports archival requests for 1970s American home-movie footage of a Christmas family gathering in a private living room for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s domestic holiday details including a large table lamp, heavy curtains, low interior lighting, and a small Christmas tree in a private home setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged home-movie observation of adults sitting close together indoors during a quiet Christmas visit or meal.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a large illuminated lampshade, curtained windows, a small decorated Christmas tree, a table with glassware, and dark upholstered furniture.
Film character: The 8mm scan has a soft, grainy, handheld home-movie texture with deep shadows, a purple color cast, slight blur, and uneven exposure from the bright lamp.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, holiday memory beat, domestic cutaway, or transition into a 1970s family Christmas sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a private holiday interior and social gathering rather than a public event, with visual emphasis on household lighting, conversation, and seasonal decoration.
Research note: People and faces are visible in a private interior, so copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Medford New Jersey Christmas home movie, 1970s family living room holiday footage, vintage 8mm Christmas gathering, and American home movie family meal.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Medford New Jersey home movies, and then with 1970s Christmas, family gathering, or private interior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Medford, New Jersey home-movie frame showing adults seated in a dim private living room with a bright table lamp, curtained window, glassware, and holiday decor nearby. — Adults seated by a lamp during a Christmas gathering.

1973 Medford, New Jersey home-movie frame showing a seated adult beside a large glowing lamp, with a curtained window and dim living room furniture in view. — Seated adult beside a bright living room lamp.

1973 Medford, New Jersey home-movie frame centered on a large lit table lamp, with adults partly visible in a dim living room near a curtained window and holiday decoration. — Lamp-lit living room during the family gathering.

Adult seated near the lamp and Christmas tree.

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