Albany New York-1955: Family Members Are At A Table Getting Ready To Have A

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

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Family Members Are At A Table Getting Ready To Have A — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a family gathering around a table laden with food. A woman in a light-colored dress with a black collar serves a pink-frosted cake, while a man in a plaid shirt smiles. The table is set with a tiered stand of snacks and other dishes, and the scene unfolds in a warmly lit room with striped curtains and window blinds. The footage exudes a nostalgic, mid-century American family atmosphere.

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: 123433873

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$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 home-movie requests needing a brief domestic family meal or party moment in Albany, New York, for documentary, museum, educational, or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The clothing, striped curtains, table setting, tiered snack tray, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1950s domestic interior, though exact occasion details should be treated cautiously.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal family interaction as adults gather around food, smile, serve cake, and react naturally to someone filming in a private room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults around a table, pink-frosted cake, tiered snack stand, plates of food, striped curtains, window blinds, a plaid shirt, and a light dress with dark collar.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, slight blur, and handheld framing that reinforce its original amateur-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic-life insert, holiday or party cutaway, or transition into a section about family rituals and food in the 1950s.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century American social life through a private indoor gathering centered on shared food, formal clothing, and family presence rather than a public event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may require review even if no logos, music, or children are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s Albany family dinner home movie, 8mm cake serving, vintage party table, mid-century domestic interior, and family gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Albany or 1956 home movies, and finally with broader 1950s family, food, and holiday-gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1956 Albany home-movie frame, adults stand around a food table while a seated man in plaid smiles beside a pink-frosted cake. — Family members gather around a table with cake and snacks in a private interior.

The table is set with a pink-frosted cake, tiered snacks, dishes, utensils, and nearby adults in this 1950s Albany family gathering. — A table of party food is shown from close range as adults stand nearby.

A seated older man in a plaid shirt smiles while a woman in a light dress stands near the table in a private Albany interior. — Adults smile and stand near the food table during the family gathering.

Adults in dress clothing smile and gesture beside the food table in this 1956 Albany home-movie party scene. — Family members react casually beside the table as the camera captures the room.

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