Albany New York-1955: Man Wearing White Gloves Opens and Smells Wine Bottle at Christmas Party

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

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Man Wearing White Gloves Opens and Smells Wine Bottle at... — Clip Details

A man in a patterned sweater and white gloves carefully opens a wine bottle at a festive holiday gathering in Albany, New York, 1955. He sniffs the cork with a smile, surrounded by a brightly lit Christmas tree with colorful lights. The scene captures a warm, intimate moment of mid-century domestic life, with vintage 8mm film grain and rich, saturated colors. The clip transitions to a woman in a red dress seated nearby as another person serves snacks, evoking nostalgia for 1950s family celebrations and home movie memories.

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: 123433356

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

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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: Useful for 1950s Albany-area domestic holiday footage, especially documentary or museum edits needing an intimate Christmas or New Year's party moment.
Period detail: The patterned sweater, red dress, white gloves, tinsel tree, table lamp, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-century home celebration details.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged family-party ritual, with a smiling man handling a bottle while others sit and serve snacks nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in white gloves, a wine bottle and cork, a lit Christmas tree, a seated woman in red, bowls of snacks, and a table lamp.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, warm color, dark interior exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday insert, party cutaway, domestic memory beat, or transition between family gathering scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a private mid-century holiday gathering where food, drink, dress, and tree decoration are the strongest social context cues.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed even when no logos or audible music are apparent.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm Christmas party, Albany home movie holiday gathering, man opening wine bottle, and mid-century family celebration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Albany or 1956 home movies, then broader 1950s holiday party and family interior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Albany home-movie footage from 1956, a man in white gloves works at a bottle near a dark, colorfully lit Christmas tree. — A gloved man begins opening a bottle during a holiday gathering.

The man smiles slightly while handling a bottle and cork at a private Albany holiday gathering, with Christmas lights behind him. — The man handles the bottle and cork near the Christmas tree.

A smiling man in a patterned sweater and white gloves holds the bottle, framed against the dim Christmas tree lights. — The man smiles while continuing the bottle-opening ritual.

A woman in a red dress sits in the private holiday interior while another person leans over bowls of snacks near a table lamp. — The scene shifts to seated guests and snack bowls at the party.

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