Rockaway Beach New York USA-1967: Older Gentleman Balancing Object on Head at Party

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationRockaway Beach, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Rockaway Beach New York

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Older Gentleman Balancing Object on Head at Party — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Rockaway Beach, New York, 1967, showing a man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers performing a balancing trick with a small object on his head. He stands in a living room with floral curtains, a lamp, and framed pictures on the wall, while other guests, including a woman in a blue dress and another in a patterned dress, watch. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film captures a candid moment of mid-century domestic life and 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: 121305059

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 2234 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: chris piraino,
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: lynbrook new york
Date: 1967 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: Rockaway Beach, New York, 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: Useful for requests needing 1960s 8mm domestic party footage, especially a candid living-room entertainment moment for documentary, museum, education, or period social-life edits.
Period detail: The short-sleeved shirts, blue dress, floral curtains, table lamp, framed wall pictures, and compact living-room setting may show late-1960s domestic style in Rockaway Beach.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged party moment as guests watch an older man balance a small object on his head during a casual home gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the standing man in a white shirt, seated guests, floral curtains, a table lamp, framed pictures, a sofa, and small household objects.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing that give the clip recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for family parties, informal entertainment, or mid-century domestic social scenes.
Historical context: The scene records a private indoor gathering where adults appear to socialize and watch a playful balancing trick in a furnished living room.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any separate copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 Rockaway Beach 8mm home movie party, older man balancing object on head, vintage living-room gathering, and 1960s domestic social footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Rockaway Beach 1967 home movies, then broader 1960s party or family gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing adults gathered in a living room with floral curtains, lamp, sofa, and framed pictures. — Guests sit and stand in a furnished living room before the balancing trick begins.

Older man in a white short-sleeved shirt stands in a Rockaway Beach living room with one arm raised during a party trick. — The standing man raises his hand while guests watch from the living room seating area.

1967 home-movie frame of a man in a white shirt holding his hand above his head in a living room party scene. — The man continues the balancing gesture beside floral curtains and a table lamp.

Rockaway Beach 1967 party frame showing an older man raising his arm high in a furnished living room as guests sit nearby. — The raised-arm pose continues as the party guests remain gathered around the living room.

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