New York USA-1959: Family Dining near Television

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

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Family Dining near Television — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a family gathering in a dimly lit dining room. A woman in a red top sits near a small, old television displaying a blue screen with text. The scene shifts to a formal dinner table set with white china, silverware, and a centerpiece of green vegetables, where a man in a suit and tie eats. Another woman in a patterned blue jacket is seen smiling. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color shifts, and a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a 1950s family meal.

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: 123044398

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: Yes
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 1950s New York home-movie footage of a family meal, useful for documentary or educational scenes about domestic life and private gatherings.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s dining-room details including a small television, formal table settings, suited dinner attire, white china, and warm indoor home lighting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged family behavior: seated diners eating, smiling, and sharing a meal while the handheld camera observes from inside the room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a television with blue text, seated adults, a set dining table, white cups and plates, dark drinks, serving dishes, and dim interior decor.
Film character: The 8mm footage has heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shifts, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, family-memory beat, dining-room cutaway, or transition into a broader sequence on mid-century domestic life.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a private family meal in a New York home during the 1950s without establishing public events or named participants.
Research note: People, a private interior, and possible television text or branding are visible, so likeness, property, and trademark review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 New York family dinner home movie, 1950s dining room television footage, 8mm family meal, and vintage domestic gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other New York 1959 family interiors, and then thematically related 1950s meals, television rooms, or home gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York home-movie frame showing a woman seated beside a small television with blue text in a dim private interior. — A seated woman appears near a small television displaying blue text during the family gathering.

1959 New York home-movie frame of a suited man eating at a set dining table with china, cups, and serving dishes. — A man in a suit sits at the dinner table with plates, cups, and food arranged in front of him.

1959 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in orange at a crowded dinner table with china and serving dishes. — A diner in an orange top sits beside a table set with cups, plates, and shared dishes.

1959 New York home-movie frame of two women seated side by side at a dining table in a dim private interior. — Two women sit at the table during the meal, with cups, plates, and serving dishes visible around them.

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