Rockaway Beach New York USA-1967: Butler Serving Drinks At Elegant 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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Butler Serving Drinks At Elegant Party — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1967 captures a sophisticated indoor party at Rockaway Beach, New York. A butler in a dark suit serves drinks from a silver tray to guests seated at a table, including a man in a light gray suit and a woman in a red dress. The scene features classic mid-century attire, a bottle of champagne, and a table set with appetizers, all under warm, dim lighting with a distinct film grain and color palette characteristic of 8mm home movies. The atmosphere is one of elegant celebration 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: 121306123

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 1960s documentary or period edits needing an upscale private party moment with formal drink service in a home-movie setting.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century formalwear, stemmed glasses, a champagne-style bottle, table appetizers, and dim indoor party lighting consistent with the supplied 1967 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged reactions as seated guests smile, talk, and accept drinks from a server moving through the room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adult guests, a man in a light gray suit, women in red and pink dresses, a server with a tray, dark suits, glasses, bottles, curtains, and party food.
Film character: The 8mm look carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, saturated reds, and slight handheld framing that preserves the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, social cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a scene about private celebrations and formal entertaining.
Historical context: The footage documents a private indoor social gathering where adult guests are served drinks at a table, reflecting formal entertaining customs visible in the scene.
Research note: Adults, faces, and a private interior are visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from likeness, privacy, and property permissions.
Research search match: Researchers may find this clip under 1967 8mm home movie party, Rockaway Beach indoor celebration, butler serving drinks, formal guests, and vintage private gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other 1967 Rockaway Beach material, then broader 1960s home-movie party or formal entertaining footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing a server offering drinks to adults seated around a table in a private interior. — A server presents drinks to seated guests during an indoor party.

At a 1967 indoor party in Rockaway Beach, a seated man in a light gray suit reaches for a drink as other adults look on. — A seated guest reaches toward the server's tray as other partygoers sit nearby.

Home-movie frame from the 1967 Rockaway Beach party showing smiling adults at a table while a server offers drinks from a tray. — Guests smile and watch as drinks are served at the table.

A 1967 Rockaway Beach party frame shows adults laughing at a table as a server presents drinks and bottles in a private room. — Guests laugh together while the server continues drink service.

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