Rockaway Beach New York USA-1967: Man Dancing For Family In Living Room

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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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Man Dancing For Family In Living Room — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Rockaway Beach, New York, 1967, capturing a lively family gathering in a dimly lit living room. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers stands and dances energetically, gesturing and showing off for seated relatives. Two older adults, a man in a light shirt and tie and a woman in a dark dress, watch and smile from a couch. The room features patterned wallpaper, framed photos on the wall, and a table with flowers. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural camera movement, conveying a warm, nostalgic 1960s family memory.

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: 121305126

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s family-life requests needing brief home-movie footage of relatives gathering indoors and an adult man dancing for the room.
Period detail: The living room decor, framed wall photos, table lamp, couch, shirt and tie, and dark dress may show mid-1960s domestic style in Rockaway Beach.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the informal family performance: a man steps into the room and gestures while seated relatives smile and watch from the couch.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancing man, seated older adults, a couch, table flowers, framed pictures, patterned curtains, a lamp, and dim living-room lighting.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, color shift, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, family-gathering insert, or quick cutaway for domestic social life in a 1960s home interior.
Historical context: The clip documents a private indoor family visit, with adults gathered around a couch and the camera responding casually to movement in the room.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property review may be needed separately from copyright research.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1967 8mm family gathering, Rockaway Beach home movie, man dancing in living room, and 1960s relatives on couch.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Rockaway Beach 1967 family interiors, then broader 1960s home gatherings or dancing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame, a man dances beside a couch where two older adults sit and watch. — A man performs for seated relatives in a dim living room.

The performer moves close to the camera, partly overexposed, with two seated relatives visible behind him in the living room. — The dancing man crosses the foreground as relatives look on.

Two seated adults smile from the couch while the dancing man exits the right edge of the 1967 living-room frame. — Seated relatives remain in view after the dancer moves aside.

The man stands with his back to the camera in the living room, with other adults seated nearby and wall photos behind them. — The performer turns away as the family gathering continues.

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