Albany New York-1955: A Woman Serves Dinner While a Man in a Plaid Shirt Gestures

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

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A Woman Serves Dinner While a Man in a Plaid Shirt Gestures — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A woman in a black dress serves food from a table laden with dishes, holding a glass of orange liquid. The scene shifts to a man in a blue and purple plaid shirt, who gestures while holding a jar, then turns away. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures a domestic dinner preparation with warm, slightly faded colors and visible grain, evoking a nostalgic 1950s home movie 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: 123434892

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 domestic life requests needing brief home-movie footage of dinner preparation, adults at a table, or informal family gathering interiors.
Period detail: The table setting, clothing, window blinds, and color 8mm texture may show mid-1950s household dining in Albany, New York, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged family behavior as a woman serves food and a man handles a jar while moving through a private interior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a black dress, a man in a plaid shirt, a crowded dinner table, bread, bowls, serving dishes, window blinds, and a glass of orange liquid.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, family meal cutaway, transition into a holiday gathering, or short memory beat about household routines.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for midcentury private dining and food preparation without identifying the people or asserting a specific occasion beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright status should be considered separately from likeness, privacy, and property permissions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s Albany home movie dinner table, 8mm family meal preparation, vintage domestic interior, and adults serving food.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Albany 1956 material, then with other 1950s home movies of dinner tables, parties, and domestic interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Albany home-movie footage from 1956, a woman in a black dress reaches across a dinner table filled with dishes and bread. — Woman serving food beside a crowded dinner table.

The woman stands by the dinner table with a glass of orange liquid as dishes, bread, and bowls fill the foreground. — Woman beside the table holding a drink while food is laid out.

A man in a blue and purple plaid shirt raises one arm near a wall while holding a striped jar in the private interior. — Man gesturing near the wall while carrying a jar.

The man is seen from behind in a plaid shirt as he turns away near a pale wall and window blinds in the Albany interior. — Man turning away from the camera in the room.

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