New York USA-1959: Woman And Man Walking Into Room With Smile On Face And Coats

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

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Woman And Man Walking Into Room With Smile On Face And Coats — Clip Details

A woman in a green dress and beige coat smiles warmly as she walks through a doorway into a dimly lit room, followed by a man in a dark suit. Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a candid moment of domestic life with authentic grain, color fading, and natural lighting. The scene exudes mid-century nostalgia, with period-appropriate clothing and interior details suggesting a private residence. The footage offers a glimpse into everyday life in New York during the late 1950s, perfect for historical or editorial projects.

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: 123044068

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: 1959 New York home-movie footage suited to requests for mid-century adults arriving indoors, social visits, or domestic gathering inserts.
Period detail: Clothing such as a light dress coat, green dress, dark suit, white shirt, and bow tie may show late-1950s social or formal dress.
Home-movie behavior: The subjects appear aware of the camera, smiling and entering casually, giving the clip an unstaged family-visit or social-arrival feeling.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a doorway, dark interior panels, red wall surfaces, a beige coat, green dress, dark suit, bow tie, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and handheld motion that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, arrival insert, domestic transition, or cutaway for mid-century social life.
Historical context: The scene reflects private indoor social life in a New York setting, with adults dressed for a visit or gathering rather than a public event.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1959 New York home movie, 8mm adults entering room, mid-century social visit, smiling woman in coat, and man in suit indoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 New York interiors, then related home-movie scenes of arrivals, visits, and dressed social gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 New York home-movie footage, a woman in a beige coat and green dress smiles while stepping through an interior doorway. — A woman smiles as she enters a dim interior wearing a beige coat over a green dress.

A closer 1959 New York frame shows the woman smiling in a beige coat and green dress beside a dark interior doorway. — The woman passes close to the camera, smiling in a light coat and green dress.

A man in a dark suit, white shirt, and bow tie appears partly cropped as he enters the same dim 1959 New York interior. — A suited man follows into the room, partly cropped by the handheld 8mm framing.

A close 1959 New York home-movie frame shows a smiling man in a dark suit and pale bow tie inside a private room. — The man smiles near the doorway, dressed in a dark suit with a pale bow tie.

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