Troy New York USA-1973: Having A Wonderful Time Opening Up A Birthday Gift With

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationTroy, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Troy New York

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Having A Wonderful Time Opening Up A Birthday Gift With — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Troy, New York, 1973, showing a woman in a white sweater with a red collar and glasses smiling as she opens a birthday gift wrapped in patterned paper with a pink bow. The scene takes place in a warmly lit living room with yellow curtains, framed pictures, and a side table with yellow flowers. The clip transitions to a man in a yellow shirt and glasses, possibly smoking a cigar, in a room with geometric wallpaper and a decorative lamp. The footage captures authentic 1970s domestic life with natural film grain and color saturation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 122684546

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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 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: Troy, 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: Supports 1970s domestic-life requests needing authentic birthday gift opening footage for documentary, museum, education, or family-memory sequences.
Period detail: The clothing, yellow curtains, patterned gift wrap, floral side table, and geometric wall decor may show early 1970s American home interiors.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family moment as a smiling woman handles a wrapped birthday present while another adult appears nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman with glasses, white sweater with red trim, patterned gift box, pink bow, yellow curtains, framed pictures, flowers, and a man in a yellow shirt.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated warm color, flash-like interior exposure, and handheld home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a birthday insert, family-gathering cutaway, domestic transition, or brief memory beat between broader 1970s scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for private home celebration and middle-class domestic decor in Troy, New York, as represented by this 1973 home movie.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Troy New York home movie birthday gift opening, 1970s family celebration interior, and 8mm woman opening present.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Troy, New York 1973 material, then 1970s birthday or family interior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1973 Troy, New York home movie frame, a woman in glasses smiles while holding a wrapped birthday gift in a warmly lit living room. — A woman smiles while presenting or opening a patterned birthday gift.

The woman looks down toward the birthday gift in a 1973 Troy, New York living room with yellow curtains, framed pictures, and flowers nearby. — The gift is lowered as the woman looks down toward the wrapping.

A seated woman smiles and extends the wrapped present in a warm 1973 Troy, New York home interior with curtains and flowers behind her. — The woman smiles from an armchair as she moves the wrapped gift outward.

A man in glasses and a yellow shirt sits in a 1973 Troy, New York home interior near geometric wall decor and a decorative lamp. — A man in a yellow shirt sits near patterned wall decor and a lamp.

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