Sebring Ohio USA-1942: Vintage Family Having A Holiday Dinner

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

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Vintage Family Having A Holiday Dinner — Clip Details

SEBRING OHIO USA-1942: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a family gathering for a holiday dinner. A man in a white shirt and dark vest serves food to guests at a candlelit table. The scene features a woman with a white flower in her hair and another woman in a dark dress, all sharing a meal in a warm, intimate setting. The footage shows the characteristic grain and color palette of 1940s Super 8 film, with red candles providing soft illumination. This authentic slice of mid-century American domestic life is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, and archival projects.

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: 123129503

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1940s American home-movie footage of a family holiday meal for documentary, museum, education, or period domestic-life sequences.
Period detail: The clothing, candlelit dining table, serving dishes, and 8mm color home-movie texture are consistent with the supplied 1942 Sebring, Ohio family-dinner metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves informal family behavior around a shared meal, with guests receiving food and sitting close together at a private dining table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults at a white tablecloth, red candles, plates of food, serving bowls, glassware, potatoes, dark formal clothing, and wood-paneled interior walls.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and handheld framing that give the meal a direct home-movie record quality.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief domestic insert, holiday-dinner cutaway, family-memory beat, or transition into mid-century American home life.
Historical context: The scene shows a private indoor gathering where adults share a candlelit meal, offering social context for family hospitality and table customs in the early 1940s.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s family dinner 8mm, Sebring Ohio home movie, candlelit holiday meal, vintage American dining room, and wartime-era domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1942 Sebring, Ohio family interiors, then broader 1940s holiday meal or home-dining scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1942 Sebring, Ohio home-movie frame, a man in a white shirt sits at a candlelit table as food is passed nearby. — Food is passed across a candlelit family dinner table.

An older man in a white shirt and dark vest serves food at a candlelit family dinner table in the Sebring, Ohio home-movie footage. — An older man serves food during the candlelit meal.

A woman with a white flower in her hair sits at the family dinner table, with plates, candles, and serving dishes visible. — A woman sits at the table as food is served.

A woman in a dark dress sits at the candlelit family meal, with red candles, plates, and a serving dish on the table. — A woman sits beside red candles and dinner plates.

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