New York USA-1959: Outdoor Picnic With Two Couples and a Single Woman

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

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Outdoor Picnic With Two Couples and a Single Woman — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day in New York as two couples and a single woman enjoy a relaxed outdoor picnic on a grassy lawn. A man in a military-style uniform stands with a woman in a dark dress, while another couple sits on a blanket, laughing and conversing. The footage features classic 1950s fashion, including tailored suits and dresses, with natural sunlight and film grain enhancing the nostalgic, candid feel. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and personal memory.

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: 123044939

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 candid outdoor leisure, couples, picnic, or social gathering footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century dress, including suits, dresses, dark socks, and a possible military-style jacket, consistent with the supplied 1959 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal behavior: adults standing, sitting on grass, talking, smiling, and relaxing as a home-movie camera observes them casually.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grassy lawn, seated adults, standing couple, blanket, trees, dresses, suits, dark socks, and strong bands from the contact-sheet transfer.
Film character: The 8mm source has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and saturated sunlight that give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, social-life cutaway, transition, or memory beat for postwar family leisure and outdoor gathering sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers a small domestic social view of adults spending time outdoors in New York, without visible landmarks or public-event context in these frames.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness and any possible military-uniform identification concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 New York 8mm picnic, 1950s couples on lawn, home movie outdoor gathering, or mid-century adults relaxing in grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1959 New York scenes, then broader 1950s outdoor leisure or family picnic material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1959 New York home-movie footage, a man and woman stand on a grassy lawn near trees in bright daylight. — A standing couple is filmed on a sunny grassy area, with trees and other figures partly visible behind them.

Adults relax on a grassy lawn in the supplied 1959 New York footage, with one woman seated upright near others reclining. — Several adults sit and recline on the grass during an informal outdoor gathering.

A cropped 1959 New York home-movie frame shows adults seated on grass, with the camera partly blocked by contact-sheet borders. — The camera catches a cropped view of people sitting on the lawn, including shoes, legs, and a seated woman.

A smiling couple sits close together on a grassy lawn in the supported 1959 New York home-movie scene. — A seated couple smiles while sitting close together on the grass beside another reclining adult.

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