Hicksville New York-1955: Three Ladies In An Afternoon Having A Snack In The Garden

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Three Ladies In An Afternoon Having A Snack In The Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures three women in a sun-dappled garden in Hicksville, New York. Dressed in period-appropriate dresses and hats, they gather among lush greenery and a cornfield, sharing a snack and conversing. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky handheld perspective, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from mid-century America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123430333

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1038 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: rockefeller center rockettes, baby grag, sylvia,mom,jack,stuart,robert,toni
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1955 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: Hicksville, 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: 1950s Hicksville home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing women socializing outdoors in a garden setting.
Period detail: The women’s dresses, hats, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1950s suburban or family-garden leisure clothing and behavior.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-camera moment as three women gather, bend toward the plants, and appear to converse in a garden.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult women, dresses, a headscarf or hat, dense garden foliage, low plants, a cornfield-like row, grass, and dappled sunlight.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, saturated greens, uneven exposure, dark frame edges, and a handheld home-movie cadence.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, or transition into mid-century gardening, family visits, or outdoor social scenes.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests informal outdoor social time among adult women in a planted garden, without identifying the household or occasion.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, but copyright and personal rights remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm home movie women in garden, Hicksville New York family footage, and mid-century outdoor snack scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1955 Hicksville footage, then broader 1950s home-movie garden and family gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three adult women in 1955 Hicksville home-movie footage gather among dense garden greenery and low planted rows. — Three women pause together in the garden, partly shaded by surrounding foliage.

In the Hicksville garden scene, one woman bends toward the plants while two others stand nearby in dresses. — One woman bends toward the garden as the others look on from the edge of the greenery.

Two women in dresses stand close beside tall leafy plants in the 1955 Hicksville garden footage. — Two women stand near a dense wall of garden plants as the handheld camera holds from a distance.

Three adult women are framed closer among garden rows in Hicksville, with one seen from behind and two leaning near plants. — The camera moves closer as the women inspect or handle something among the garden plants.

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