Albany New York-1955: Woman In Red Serves Guests During The Christmas

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationAlbany, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman In Red Serves Guests During The Christmas — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Albany, New York, in 1955 captures a cozy Christmas evening. A woman in a vibrant red dress serves guests near a decorated Christmas tree, while a man in a patterned sweater and white gloves carefully inspects a bottle of spirits. The scene unfolds in a warmly lit living room with a white fireplace mantel and floral wallpaper, evoking classic mid-century holiday nostalgia. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 film, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, holiday features, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 123433315

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: 1956 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: Albany, New York, 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: 1950s home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a domestic Christmas gathering with adults serving food and handling a holiday bottle indoors.
Period detail: Visible period clues include formal holiday clothing, a white fireplace mantel, floral wallpaper, tinsel tree decor, and color 8mm home-movie texture that may show mid-century domestic style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged household behavior as a woman serves a seated guest and a man in white gloves closely examines a bottle near Christmas decorations.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in a living room, a red dress, a fireplace mantel, floral wallpaper, a decorated tree, white gloves, a dark bottle, and holiday lights.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, warm indoor exposure, soft focus, saturated reds, dark shadow areas, and slight color shifts that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief holiday insert, family-memory beat, domestic transition, or cutaway for Christmas entertaining and mid-century private interiors.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for a private Albany-area holiday gathering, showing adults socializing indoors around decor, refreshments, and a fireplace setting.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may need review even if copyright status is handled separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Christmas home movie, Albany New York holiday party, 8mm family gathering, woman serving guests, and man with bottle.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring scenes from the same reel, then other Albany or 1956 family footage, then broader Christmas party and domestic holiday interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1950s Albany home interior, a woman in a red dress serves a seated guest near a white mantel and holiday decorations. — A woman in red serves a guest by the fireplace during an indoor Christmas gathering.

A man in a patterned sweater and white gloves studies a dark bottle beside reflective Christmas tree decorations in the Albany home-movie scene. — A man wearing white gloves raises a bottle near the Christmas tree decorations.

The man turns slightly while holding a dark bottle with white gloves, framed by tinsel, colored lights, and a dim holiday interior. — The man continues examining the bottle against the reflective Christmas tree backdrop.

A smiling man in a light patterned sweater holds up a bottle with gloved hands near the Christmas tree in the private Albany living room. — A smiling man displays the bottle beside the Christmas tree during the holiday gathering.

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