Rockaway Beach New York USA-1967: Woman In Red Decorating Christmas Tree While Man Opens Gifts

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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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Woman In Red Decorating Christmas Tree While Man Opens Gifts — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Rockaway Beach, New York, USA, in 1967, capturing a cozy Christmas Eve scene. A woman in a vibrant red dress kneels beside a decorated Christmas tree, carefully placing ornaments, while a man sits nearby, possibly opening a gift. The warm glow of the tree lights and a lamp illuminates the living room, which features a lace-covered table, framed photos, and sheer curtains. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking authentic mid-century holiday nostalgia. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1960s American family life.

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: 121308281

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing an intimate Christmas interior, family gift exchange, or domestic holiday preparation insert.
Period detail: The red dress, tinsel tree, table lamp, television glow, lace table covering, and color 8mm texture support a late-1960s domestic holiday setting.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged home-movie value as a woman tends the Christmas tree while a seated man handles gifts nearby in a private living room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silver tinsel Christmas tree, wrapped gifts, a woman in a red dress, a seated man, lace-covered table, flowers, lamp, curtains, framed photos, and a television.
Film character: The clip shows soft focus, visible 8mm grain, saturated reds and blues, low-light exposure shifts, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday memory beat, family-life cutaway, Christmas Eve insert, or transition into scenes about mid-century domestic celebration.
Historical context: The footage documents a private Rockaway Beach household holiday scene, with the Christmas tree and gift exchange reflecting visible family customs rather than a public event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed even when film copyright or licensing status is separately addressed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm Christmas home movie, Rockaway Beach family holiday interior, woman decorating Christmas tree, and man opening gifts.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Rockaway Beach interiors, then broader 1960s Christmas, family, gift, and home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing a woman in red by a lit tinsel Christmas tree as a seated man handles gifts in a living room. — A woman kneels beside the Christmas tree while a man sits nearby with gifts.

1967 Rockaway Beach living-room frame with a woman in red near the Christmas tree and a seated man beside gifts and a glowing television. — The woman turns toward the camera near the lit tree while the man remains seated beside the gifts.

1967 Rockaway Beach home-movie frame showing a woman adjusting holiday decorations by a tinsel Christmas tree while a man sits close by. — The woman reaches toward the tree decorations as the seated man looks on from the side.

1967 Rockaway Beach frame with a woman in red examining an item by the lit Christmas tree as a seated man handles gifts nearby. — The woman looks down at an item near the tree while the man handles something at the edge of the room.

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