Rockaway Beach New York USA-1967: Christmas Gift Opening in Mid-Century 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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Christmas Gift Opening in Mid-Century Living Room — Clip Details

Vintage 1967 home movie footage from Rockaway Beach, New York, capturing a cozy Christmas evening in a mid-century living room. A woman in a bright red dress sits at a table with a lace tablecloth, opening a gift while a man in a dark suit sits beside her, also unwrapping presents. A silver tinsel Christmas tree with colorful lights stands between them, glowing in the warm, dim lighting. The scene features classic 8mm film grain, soft focus, and rich period colors, evoking authentic mid-1960s holiday nostalgia. The TV in the background emits a blue glow, adding to the intimate, domestic atmosphere of a family Christmas 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: 121308234

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

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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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a domestic Christmas gift-opening scene in a mid-century New York living room.
Period detail: The silver tinsel tree, lace-covered table, warm lamp light, red dress, and blue-glowing television support a late-1960s holiday interior reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an informal family exchange as two adults sit close together, unwrap gifts, and react naturally in a private living room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, wrapped presents, a silver tinsel Christmas tree, colored lights, a lace tablecloth, flowers, curtains, and a glowing television.
Film character: Soft focus, visible 8mm grain, saturated holiday color, dim exposure, and slight home-movie instability give the scene authentic scanned-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a Christmas memory beat, domestic cutaway, family ritual insert, or transition into broader mid-century holiday material.
Historical context: The scene shows private holiday gift giving in a furnished Rockaway Beach home, with mid-century decor and television light shaping the room atmosphere.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment of the footage.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1967 Christmas home movie, 8mm holiday gift opening, mid-century living room, tinsel Christmas tree, and Rockaway Beach family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Christmas scenes, then Rockaway Beach 1967 home interiors, then broader 1960s holiday family footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing two adults opening Christmas gifts beside a lit silver tinsel tree in a private living room. — Two adults open gifts beside a glowing silver tinsel Christmas tree.

A woman in a red dress and a man seated nearby unwrap Christmas gifts in a 1967 Rockaway Beach living room with a lit tinsel tree. — Gift opening continues beside the silver tree and blue television light.

In the Rockaway Beach Christmas home movie, the woman examines a gift item while the man sits near the illuminated silver tinsel tree. — A quiet moment as the woman examines a gift item near the tree.

A 1967 Rockaway Beach living-room frame shows the woman holding up a Christmas gift as the man watches beside the lit tinsel tree. — The woman holds up a gift while the man watches from beside the tree.

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