New York USA-1959: A Group Of People Passing Wine Around A Table Having Fun And Laughing

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

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A Group Of People Passing Wine Around A Table Having Fun... — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a group of adults enjoying a formal dinner party. Men in suits and women in elegant dresses sit at a long table, passing wine glasses and sharing a meal. The dimly lit scene, with its soft focus and film grain, shows plates of food, teacups, and a woman sipping wine. The atmosphere is warm and convivial, evoking a sense of mid-century social gathering and nostalgia.

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: 123044419

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: Useful for 1950s New York home-movie requests needing adults at a formal private dinner with wine, tableware, and convivial social interaction.
Period detail: The clothing, stemmed glasses, patterned china, and formal dining setup may show mid-century domestic entertaining consistent with the supplied 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged party behavior as adults raise glasses, pass drinks, and sit close together around a dinner table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in dress clothes, wine glasses, plates, cups and saucers, serving dishes, a long table, and a dim private dining room.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, and slight handheld framing that give the scene a direct home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory insert, dinner-party cutaway, family-history transition, or period social-life beat.
Historical context: The scene suggests a private adult gathering where formal table service and shared drinks frame leisure and hospitality in a mid-century setting.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s 8mm dinner party, New York home movie wine toast, adults at formal table, and mid-century private gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 New York interiors, then broader 1950s family meals or social gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York home-movie frame showing adults in formal dress seated around a table with wine glasses and place settings. — Adults gather around a formal dinner table with drinks and tableware visible.

1959 New York dinner-party frame with a woman holding a drink beside patterned china and table settings. — A seated woman holds a drink beside a table set with cups, plates, and serving pieces.

1959 New York home-movie close-up of tableware, drinks, and hands around a formal dinner setting. — Hands and glasses surround plates, cups, and serving dishes on the dinner table.

1959 New York home-movie frame showing a dimly lit formal table with drinks, china, and serving dishes. — The table is filled with glasses, china, plates, and serving dishes during the gathering.

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