Troy New York USA-1973: Man in Red Sweater Smokes Cigar

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

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Man in Red Sweater Smokes Cigar — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Troy, New York, 1973, showing a man with a mustache wearing a red sweater over a collared shirt. He is seated indoors, smoking a cigar in a dimly lit room with a purple-tinted color grade. A lamp and houseplants are visible in the background. The film shows natural grain and slight color distortion typical of Super 8 footage. The man appears relaxed, occasionally gesturing while smoking. The clip captures a candid moment of domestic life from the early 1970s, with authentic film artifacts and a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere.

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: 122686717

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: Suits documentary or editorial requests for candid domestic life footage from early 1970s upstate New York; useful as a period character insert or social history illustration.
Period detail: The red cardigan-style sweater, wide-collar shirt, medium-length hair, and mustache are consistent with early 1970s American men's fashion; lamp style and interior décor support the 1973 date per reel metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The subject appears relaxed and unselfconscious, interacting with the camera in a manner typical of candid home movie subjects filmed by a family member or close acquaintance.
What appears in frame: A mustachioed man in a red sweater over a collared shirt, a table lamp with a dark shade, visible foliage in the background, a blurred light-toned foreground shape in later frames, a diagonal film scratch in the final frame, and pervasive purple-shifted color throughout.
Film character: Heavy purple-magenta dye shift and visible grain throughout are characteristic of aged 8mm or Super 8 stock; camera movement across mid-clip frames introduces motion blur that amplifies the hand-held, intimate quality.
Edit role: Best used as a character insert or memory beat in social-history documentaries on everyday American life in the early 1970s, or as a cutaway establishing domestic candor and intimacy.
Historical context: Candid indoor footage of a private individual in a domestic setting reflects everyday home-movie practice of the early 1970s; the intimate scale and film format suggest a personal reel rather than any professional production.
Research note: The subject's face is clearly identifiable across multiple frames; likeness rights apply and a model release is unlikely to exist for home-movie material — editorial use requires caution and commercial use requires independent legal review.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as '1970s home movie man indoors,' 'Super 8 domestic life 1970s,' 'upstate New York archival footage 1973,' or 'vintage interior candid portrait.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Troy, New York reel; then with 1970s American domestic interior footage; then with editorial material depicting candid home life or portraiture from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Mustachioed man in red sweater gesturing in a domestic interior, Troy, New York, circa 1973; table lamp and houseplants visible behind him. — Man in red sweater gestures, domestic interior, circa 1973.

Camera pan or movement frame, circa 1973; overexposed light-toned shape fills most of frame with partial figure at lower right edge. — Transitional frame during camera movement.

Mustachioed man in red sweater appearing to speak or react in a domestic interior, Troy, New York, circa 1973; blurred foreground element at left. — Man speaking in dimly lit interior, circa 1973.

Mustachioed man in red sweater looking downward in domestic interior, Troy, New York, circa 1973; diagonal film scratch artifact visible across frame. — Man looking down; film scratch artifact visible.

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