New York USA-1959: Man and Two Women in 1950s Attire

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

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Man and Two Women in 1950s Attire — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures three individuals standing together in a dimly lit indoor setting. A man in a light blue suit stands beside two women, one in a shimmering grey dress with a red necktie and the other in a textured green button-front dress. The women wear red and light-colored heels, respectively, and all three are smiling. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic 1950s social gathering.

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: 123044006

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for productions seeking late-1950s New York home-movie footage of adults posing indoors in formal clothing for social or family-history context.
Period detail: The visible suits, calf-length dresses, red heels, and saturated 8mm color may show late-1950s dress style in a private indoor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal value of adults standing for a home-movie camera, with cropped framing and posed stillness rather than staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light blue suit, women in grey and green dresses, red shoes, button-front fabric, dark curtains, and interior flooring.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through dense grain, soft focus, saturated color, dim exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, or transitional cutaway for mid-century family gatherings, dress, or private social life.
Historical context: The scene reflects a domestic or private social interior with adults dressed up for the camera, but it does not identify the occasion or venue.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may require review separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 New York 8mm home movie adults posing indoors, 1950s dresses and suit, vintage family gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1959 home movies, then broader 1950s indoor social and fashion footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York home-movie frame showing adults posed indoors in a light blue suit, grey dress, and green button-front dress. — Adults stand close together indoors, with period dresses and a suit visible in cropped home-movie framing.

1959 New York home-movie frame with a man in a light blue suit beside women in grey and green dresses indoors. — The camera frames the figures from torso to lower body as they stand together in a dark interior.

1959 New York home-movie frame focused on lower clothing details, including a blue suit, grey skirt, green dress, and heels. — A cropped view emphasizes mid-century clothing details and shoes as the group remains posed indoors.

1959 New York home-movie frame showing cropped figures indoors, with a light blue suit, grey dress, green dress, and red heels. — The final frame holds on the posed group, with clothing and footwear more visible than faces.

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