Rockaway Beach New York USA-1967: A Man With Glasses And His Family Turning On

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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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A Man With Glasses And His Family Turning On — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Rockaway Beach, New York, 1967, capturing a family Christmas celebration. A man wearing glasses and a patterned vest stands in a dimly lit living room, turning to face a brightly decorated Christmas tree adorned with colorful lights. The warm glow of the tree illuminates the room, casting a nostalgic ambiance. Other family members are visible in the background, including a woman in a dress and a child, all gathered for the holiday. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, authentic to 1960s home movie footage. The scene conveys a sense of intimate, personal holiday 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: 121308045

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 home-movie requests needing an intimate Christmas interior, family gathering detail, or holiday memory beat for documentary and editorial productions.
Period detail: The frames may show a late-1960s living room with colored Christmas tree lights, formal holiday clothing, glasses, patterned vest fabric, and low domestic lamp light.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged family movement as a man turns close to the camera while others sit or gather in the dim room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lit Christmas tree, seated family members, a man in glasses, patterned vest clothing, lamps, curtains, and dark living-room furniture.
Film character: The 8mm footage has dense grain, handheld framing, strong contrast, color shifts, and flash-like overexposure that give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for family holiday scenes, domestic 1960s interiors, or Christmas recollection sequences.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for private holiday celebration in a Rockaway Beach home, with emphasis on family presence rather than public events or landmarks.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any separate copyright or archive-license checks.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1960s 8mm Christmas home movie, Rockaway Beach family holiday interior, man with glasses at Christmas tree, and vintage living room footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Rockaway Beach family interiors, then broader 1960s Christmas tree and home celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing a dim holiday living room, colored Christmas tree lights, and family members in shadow. — Colored Christmas tree lights glow in a dark living room during a family holiday gathering.

1967 Rockaway Beach frame with a man in glasses and a patterned vest turning close to the camera in a holiday living room. — A man in glasses moves near the camera while family members sit behind him.

Close 8mm frame of the man in glasses and vest moving through a dim 1967 Rockaway Beach Christmas interior. — The handheld camera catches a bright close pass as the man turns in the room.

Blurred 8mm close-up from the Rockaway Beach Christmas interior, dominated by patterned vest fabric and a bright sleeve. — A blurred close-up emphasizes the motion and exposure of the home-movie camera.

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