Albany New York-1955: Holiday Table Laden with Party Snacks

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

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Holiday Table Laden with Party Snacks — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a festive holiday dining table laden with party snacks and food. The scene features a white tablecloth with a red and green holly pattern, blue plates with sliced bread, a red-lidded casserole dish, and a tiered serving platter. White ceramic salt and pepper shakers sit beside the dishes, and the warm, slightly grainy film quality evokes a nostalgic 1950s family gathering. The dim lighting and close-up composition create an intimate, personal atmosphere of a holiday celebration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123434104

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$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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing a holiday meal cutaway, domestic table detail, or family gathering atmosphere without visible people.
Period detail: The table setting may show mid-1950s domestic entertaining through colored plates, ceramic shakers, a covered casserole, sliced bread, and a patterned holiday cloth.
Home-movie behavior: The close, handheld view records the prepared table as a family memory object rather than a staged food display.
What appears in frame: Visible details include blue plates, sliced white bread, a red-lidded casserole, ceramic salt and pepper shakers, serving dishes, silverware, and a holly-patterned tablecloth.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, warm underexposure, visible grain, and slight framing drift that support an intimate home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, holiday transition, or domestic cutaway between scenes of family celebration.
Historical context: The clip reflects private mid-century holiday entertaining in Albany, New York, with food presented buffet-style on a decorated table.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any household or location context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1950s 8mm holiday dining table, Albany home movie food spread, party snacks, or midcentury domestic celebration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then Albany or 1956 family footage, then broader 1950s holiday meals, dining rooms, and party table scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Albany home-movie frame of a holiday table with blue plates, bread, serving dishes, and a holly-patterned cloth. — A holiday table is set with plates, bread, serving dishes, and festive table linen.

Close 1956 Albany view of sliced bread on blue plates beside ceramic shakers and a red-lidded casserole. — Sliced bread and blue plates sit near ceramic shakers and covered serving dishes.

1956 Albany holiday table detail showing bread, blue plates, white ceramic shakers, and a red-lidded casserole. — A close table detail emphasizes bread, plates, shakers, and covered dishes.

Final 1956 Albany frame of a holiday dining table with bread, blue plates, ceramic shakers, and covered dishes. — Bread and blue plates remain in view beside ceramic shakers and covered dishes.

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