Troy New York USA-1973: Woman in Brown Suit Handling Christmas Gift in Troy

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

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Woman in Brown Suit Handling Christmas Gift in Troy — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Troy, New York, 1973, showing a woman in a brown patterned suit and round glasses during a holiday gathering. She wears hoop earrings and a white top, seated on a plaid couch in a warmly lit room with wood paneling and a framed picture on the wall. The clip captures her gently handling a colorful gift, her expression shifting from focused to contemplative as she looks up. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, a distinct purple color cast, and natural camera movement, evoking authentic 1970s nostalgia.

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: 122686968

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: A 5-second 8mm clip of a woman at a 1973 Christmas gathering in Troy, New York — useful for 1970s domestic holiday sequences, memory narratives, or editorial illustrations of mid-century American home life.
Period detail: Visible period markers include round dark-framed glasses, a patterned suit jacket, hoop earrings, and wood-panel wall decor consistent with early-1970s American domestic interiors.
Home-movie behavior: The woman's unstaged shifts in attention — looking down at a gift then glancing up mid-thought — capture the unguarded, intimate rhythms of a real family Christmas moment.
What appears in frame: Middle-aged woman with short wavy hair, round dark-framed glasses, hoop earrings, dark patterned jacket, white top, colorful wrapped gift, wood-paneled wall, and gold-framed picture.
Film character: Heavy purple-violet color shift, visible grain, and slight handheld camera drift give the footage the warm, deteriorated look of an unrestored personal Super 8 reel.
Edit role: Works as a close-up insert or memory beat within a 1970s domestic or holiday sequence, or as a character-establishing cutaway in a period documentary.
Historical context: The interior decor — wood paneling, a gold-framed picture, and plaid upholstery — reflects commonplace middle-class American home furnishing styles of the early 1970s.
Research note: An identifiable adult face is visible throughout all frames; no minors or commercial logos observed, but the private interior and recognizable likeness require standard editorial clearance review.
Research search match: Likely retrieved via queries such as '1970s Christmas home movie,' 'woman opening gift 8mm,' 'early 1970s domestic interior USA,' or 'Super 8 holiday family footage New York.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or the same 1973 Troy shoot; then with 1970s New York State domestic footage; then with broader early-1970s American Christmas or family-gathering material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Middle-aged woman in round dark-framed glasses and patterned jacket looking down at something off-frame; 1973 home movie, Troy, New York. — Woman examining gift, Troy NY, 1973.

Woman wearing round glasses and dark patterned jacket holding a colorful wrapped gift and glancing upward; 1973 Christmas home movie, Troy, New York. — Woman holding colorful wrapped Christmas gift, Troy NY, 1973.

Woman in round glasses and dark jacket looking down; gold-framed picture on wood-panel wall behind her, second person's hair briefly in frame, 1973 Troy, New York. — Woman and partial second figure, Troy NY, 1973.

Woman in round glasses and dark jacket with mouth slightly open, speaking or reacting; gold-framed picture and wood paneling visible behind her, 1973 Troy, New York. — Woman speaking or reacting, Troy NY, 1973.

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