Sebring Ohio USA-1942: A Family Having A Candlelight Dinner

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Year1942
Decade1940s
LocationSebring, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1942 Sebring Ohio

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A Family Having A Candlelight Dinner — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1942 captures a family dinner in Sebring, Ohio. The scene unfolds in candlelight, with a woman in a dark dress serving food at a table set with a white cloth, red candles, and glassware. A man in a vest and glasses sits at the table, eating. The footage shows natural interactions and the warm glow of candlelight illuminating the room, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American domestic life.

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: 123129450

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1942 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Sebring, Ohio, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1940s American home-front domestic life requests needing family dinner, candlelight table, or private interior footage for documentary or museum use.
Period detail: The table setting, red taper candles, divided plates, glassware, and formal indoor clothing may show mid-20th-century family dining customs.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as relatives eat and serve food around a dinner table without performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white tablecloth, red candles, divided dinner plates, glassware, serving food, an older man in glasses, and a woman in a dark dress.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm candle exposure, visible grain, slight blur, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of the original film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief domestic-life insert, memory beat, holiday-meal cutaway, or transition into a family history sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a private family meal in Sebring, Ohio, with candlelit table rituals and formal dress visible in a 1942 home setting.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property permissions may need review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1942 Sebring Ohio home movie, 1940s family dinner, candlelight dining, vintage 8mm domestic interior, and American family meal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1942 Sebring home interiors, then broader 1940s family dining or candlelight gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1942 Sebring, Ohio home-movie footage, a woman reaches across a white-clothed dinner table with red candles and glassware. — A woman serves or passes food at a candlelit family dinner table.

A woman in a dark dress sits at a candlelit dinner table in the Sebring, Ohio home interior, with plates and glassware nearby. — The woman remains seated beside the candlelit place settings.

An older man wearing glasses and a vest sits at a candlelit dinner table with divided plates, glasses, and a white tablecloth. — An older man eats at the table among candles and place settings.

The older man remains at the Sebring, Ohio dinner table, framed above plates, glasses, red candles, and a white tablecloth. — The camera looks down on the man and the candlelit table setting.

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