New York USA-1959: Man and Women in Formal Wear at Social Gathering

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

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Man and Women in Formal Wear at Social Gathering — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a group of people at a social gathering in New York. The footage focuses on three individuals: a man in a light gray suit with a bow tie, a woman in a pleated gray dress with red high heels, and another woman in a textured green button-front dress with white heels. The scene is set indoors with a mid-century coffee table, magazines, and a glass ashtray visible. The film shows natural movement and interaction, with the subjects standing close together, suggesting a family or friendly event. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 footage enhances its authentic 1950s feel.

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: 123044016

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 indoor social gatherings, period clothing, and informal adult interaction for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: Visible era clues include pleated dresses, high heels, a bow tie, a textured button-front dress, a low coffee table, magazines, and a glass ashtray that may show mid-century domestic style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged home movie, with adults standing close together indoors while the camera catches cropped bodies, small gestures, and casual social proximity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light suit, a woman in a gray pleated dress with red heels, a woman in a green dress with white heels, curtains, a coffee table, magazines, and an ashtray.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, dark frame edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or cutaway for 1950s domestic life, fashion, parties, or private social interiors.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for adult social dress and indoor gathering behavior in a New York home-movie setting without establishing a specific event or named participants.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations may require review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1959 New York home movie social gathering, 1950s women dresses high heels, 8mm indoor party, and mid-century private interior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1959 New York clips, then broader 1950s social gathering, fashion, and domestic interior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York home-movie frame with cropped adults in dress clothes, including red and white heels, a green dress, curtains, and a coffee table. — Adults in period dress stand near a low table during an indoor social gathering.

1959 New York home-movie frame showing adults in dress clothes, a green dress, gray skirt, high heels, coffee table, magazines, and glass ashtray. — Cropped figures stand close together beside a mid-century coffee table and ashtray.

1959 New York home-movie frame with adults standing together indoors, including a light suit, gray pleated dress, green dress, curtains, and coffee table edge. — The handheld camera frames the group at torso level during a private indoor gathering.

1959 New York home-movie frame showing a man in a light suit and bow tie beside women in gray and green dresses, with faces partly cropped and curtains behind. — Adults in dress clothes stand shoulder to shoulder, partly cropped by the home-movie camera.

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