New York USA-1959: Men and Woman at Formal Gathering

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Men and Woman at Formal Gathering — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a formal social gathering in the late 1950s. A man in a white dress shirt and dark tie sits on a couch, his hands clasped, while another man in a light suit sits beside him. A woman in a green dress stands nearby. A vibrant purple vase filled with white flowers sits on a table, adding a pop of color to the scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and warm, slightly faded colors, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a family or friends' reunion.

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: 123043969

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1959 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: 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 requests for late-1950s New York home-movie footage of a formal indoor family or friends gathering for documentary, museum, education, or period-life edits.
Period detail: Dress shirts, ties, a light suit, a green dress, sofa seating, and bright floral table decor may show late-1950s middle-class social formality in a private interior.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the posed yet intimate home-movie behavior, with adults seated or standing close together as if being filmed during a visit or gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, dress shirts and ties, a sofa, a woman in a green dress, purple baskets or vases, white flowers, and a tabletop gift or box.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, dark frame edges, and saturated home-movie color that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, domestic cutaway, or transition into scenes about family visits, social rituals, or midcentury interiors.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for private social life, clothing, and indoor decor among adults gathered in New York in 1959, based on supplied metadata.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright or collection-use assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 New York home movie social gathering, 8mm family friends indoors, midcentury adults dressed formally, and vintage private party footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 New York home movies, then related indoor family gathering or formal visit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1959 New York home-movie footage, a seated adult man in a white dress shirt and dark tie faces the camera in a private interior. — A formally dressed man sits with hands clasped during an indoor gathering.

Two formally dressed adults sit on a sofa in the 1959 New York home-movie scene, with a purple basket or container near their feet. — Adults sit together on a couch, with bright purple tableware or decor visible below.

A purple floral container and white flowers dominate the foreground while adults remain partially visible on a sofa in the home-movie interior. — Bright floral decor sits in front of seated guests during the gathering.

A woman in a green dress stands near a seated man in a blue shirt, partly obscured by white flowers in a purple vase or basket. — Guests gather around a bright floral arrangement in a private indoor setting.

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