New York USA-1959: Couple on Blanket in Park with Friend

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

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Couple on Blanket in Park with Friend — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a couple relaxing on a blanket in a sun-dappled park. The man, wearing a dark suit and tie, sits beside a woman in a dark dress, both smiling and sharing an intimate moment. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural film grain and slight color fading, with a young woman in a light-colored dress sitting nearby. The scene evokes a sense of quiet domestic happiness and mid-century Americana.

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: 123044960

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 a quiet park leisure moment with adults relaxing together on a blanket.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, and metadata-supported 1959 date place the scene in a mid-century American leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The couple smiles, sits close, and appears comfortable with the camera while a nearby woman shares the relaxed park outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, women in dresses, a blanket on grass, trees, dappled sunlight, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft handheld 8mm texture, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet gate shadows.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, relationship cutaway, or transition into domestic leisure and park scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows adults socializing outdoors in a park-like setting, reflecting informal mid-century leisure without identifying a specific public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright and any personal rights should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1959 New York 8mm couple in park, home movie adults on blanket, and mid-century leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel park footage, then other 1959 New York home movies, then broader couple and leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York 8mm frame showing adults seated on grass, including a couple on a blanket and a woman nearby in a light dress. — Adults relax on the grass during a park outing, partly obscured by dark film edges.

1959 New York home-movie frame of a suited man and smiling woman seated together on a blanket in a grassy park. — A couple sits close together on a blanket in the park.

1959 New York 8mm frame with a smiling woman in a dark dress and a suited man seated closely on a blanket. — The couple smiles while seated together on the grass.

1959 New York home-movie frame of a suited man leaning toward a woman on a park blanket, with grass and trees behind them. — The man leans toward the seated woman during the relaxed park scene.

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