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Albany New York-1955: Man Eating Sandwich While Woman Laughs

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

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Man Eating Sandwich While Woman Laughs — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A man in a dark suit and tie eats a sandwich with exaggerated, humorous enthusiasm while a woman in a white button-up blouse with a dark collar watches and laughs. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures a candid, joyful moment with warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain. The intimate indoor setting features a striped curtain and a rotary phone, evoking mid-century Americana. The man's wild eating and the woman's delighted reaction create a lighthearted, nostalgic scene perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed 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
123433956

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • hungry
  • food
  • silly
  • fun
  • smile
  • man
  • wildly
  • eating
  • sandwich
  • woman
  • watches
  • laughs
  • people
  • FLOOD blizzard new years eve party
  • 1955 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • man eating sandwich
  • woman laughing
  • 1950s family moment
  • retro food scene
  • candid laughter
  • mid-century America
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage comedy clip
  • nostalgic family footage
  • classic 8mm film
  • Albany New York
  • 1950s fashion
  • vintage film grain
  • archival footage
  • vintage home movie
  • 1950s lifestyle
  • comedic eating scene
  • vintage family moment

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports 1950s home-movie requests for candid party or domestic humor footage in documentary, museum, educational, or editorial productions.
Period detail
The clothing, striped curtain, rotary telephone, and warm indoor color palette may show mid-century domestic surroundings in Albany, New York.
Home-movie behavior
The value is an unstaged-feeling exchange as a suited man eats a sandwich theatrically while a woman smiles and laughs beside him.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a woman in a light blouse, a suited man, a sandwich, striped curtains, a rotary phone, green wall color, and close indoor framing.
Film character
The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and warm faded color that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief humorous insert, reaction cutaway, party memory beat, or transition within 1950s family-life material.
Historical context
The clip offers a small social moment from a private indoor gathering, showing casual adult humor and companionship rather than a formal event.
Research note
People and a private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness, and property permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1950s home movie sandwich eating, funny party reaction, Albany New York family footage, and vintage indoor gathering.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Albany or 1956 material, then other mid-century party, food, and laughter scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported Albany 1950s home-movie footage, a woman smiles beside a cropped suited man in a warmly lit room.
A smiling woman sits beside a cropped man in a dark suit during an indoor gathering.
A woman watches with amusement as a suited man brings a sandwich to his mouth in supported Albany 1950s home-movie footage.
The man begins eating while the woman smiles toward him in the close indoor scene.
In the Albany 1950s home-movie scene, the man holds a sandwich with a comic expression while the woman smiles nearby.
The suited man reacts broadly with sandwich in hand as the woman looks on smiling.
The Albany 1950s home-movie footage shows the woman smiling beside a suited man holding a sandwich after the comic eating moment.
The woman continues smiling while the suited man holds the sandwich near the end of the clip.

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