Albany New York-1955: Family Dinner With A Little Celebration

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

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Family Dinner With A Little Celebration — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a cozy family dinner with a festive touch. The scene opens on a table set with blue plates, sliced white bread, and a red-lidded casserole dish, suggesting a holiday meal. A woman in a patterned dress appears, holding a drink, as the background reveals a city skyline at night with illuminated buildings, hinting at a New Year's Eve celebration. The footage, shot on 8mm film, features warm, saturated colors and the characteristic grain of mid-century home movies, evoking a sense of intimate, nostalgic domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 123434139

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 archival requests needing brief domestic dinner, family gathering, or holiday-adjacent home-movie material for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The blue plates, sliced white bread, casserole dish, party glass, and mid-century interior setting may show a 1956 Albany family meal with a small celebration.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view of food on the table and an adult woman drinking during a private indoor gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue plates, sliced bread, a red-lidded serving dish, small ceramic vessels, a patterned dress, a drinking glass, blinds, and nighttime city lights.
Film character: The 8mm footage has saturated color, soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, domestic cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a 1950s family celebration sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects private mid-century dining and social ritual without enough visible evidence to identify a specific holiday or public event from the frames alone.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm family dinner footage, Albany New York home movie, vintage holiday meal, domestic celebration, and mid-century party interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Albany material, then related 1950s family dinner or home celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Albany home-movie frame showing a dinner table with blue plates, sliced white bread, and a red-lidded serving dish. — Dinner table detail with bread, plates, and a covered serving dish.

1956 Albany home-movie frame of a set table with sliced bread, blue plates, a covered dish, and small ceramic pieces. — Set table with bread and serving dishes during an indoor meal.

Brief 1956 Albany home-movie glimpse of a person's patterned sleeve and hand in a dim private interior. — Blurred close view of a hand and patterned clothing during the gathering.

1956 Albany home-movie frame showing an adult woman drinking indoors, with blinds and nighttime city lights in the background. — Woman with a drink near a window during a small indoor celebration.

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