New York USA-1959: Five Smiling People Sitting On Park Bench On A Windy Day In

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

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Five Smiling People Sitting On Park Bench On A Windy Day In — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1959: Five people, including a soldier in uniform, sit together on a park bench on a sunny autumn day. A woman in a light blue dress and another in a beige coat smile warmly, while a man in a dark suit and tie sits beside them. The group appears relaxed and happy, with fallen leaves scattered on the grass. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a candid moment of family or friends enjoying a pleasant day outdoors, with a classic 1950s aesthetic and natural film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123044865

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$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 a brief outdoor family or friends group portrait with a uniformed serviceman on a park bench.
Period detail: Clothing, hats, coats, formal suit, and 8mm color film texture support the listed late-1950s setting, while the park itself is not identifiable from these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The group sits close together and smiles toward the camera, with small shifts in posture giving the clip an unstaged home-movie portrait quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include five adults, a park bench, grass, fallen leaves, trees, parked cars in the background, coats, a suit, and a uniform cap.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, dark frame edges, and fluctuating exposure typical of handheld home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, family-visit insert, autumn park cutaway, or transition into mid-century personal life material.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual social gathering in a public park, with mid-century dress and a uniformed figure suggesting everyday postwar-era personal footage.
Research note: Faces are clearly visible and one person appears in military-style uniform, so likeness and contextual review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s New York park bench home movie, smiling adults with soldier, autumn family footage, and 8mm outdoor group portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1959 park footage, then with broader 1950s family, uniformed serviceman, or autumn outings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Five adults sit on a park bench in New York home-movie footage from 1959, with a uniformed man, coats, grass, and trees visible. — Five adults pose on a park bench during a sunny outdoor moment.

The seated group smiles toward the camera in 1959 New York park footage, with fallen leaves and parked cars in the background. — A smiling group sits together on a bench with autumn leaves nearby.

A brief motion shift shows one woman leaning down while the rest of the 1959 New York bench group remains seated toward the camera. — One seated woman leans forward as the group continues posing on the bench.

The group remains seated in the New York park scene, with the uniformed man turned slightly and the others smiling in soft 8mm color. — The bench portrait continues with small posture changes among the seated adults.

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