Albany New York-1955: A Group Of People Taking Food From A Table In A Private Party

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

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A Group Of People Taking Food From A Table In A Private... — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively private gathering, likely a New Year's Eve party, with guests in mid-century attire. A woman in a black dress with a brooch and a man in a suit and tie serve food from a table, while another man in a sweater vest and gloves holds a plate. The scene unfolds in a warmly lit room with plaid curtains and a window blind, showcasing the grainy, nostalgic quality of 1950s home film.

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: 123434981

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing a brief private-party food table scene for documentary, education, museum, or period social-life edits.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century party dress, a suit and tie, sweater vest, brooch, plaid curtains, window blinds, serving plates, dip, and crackers.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal home-movie observation of adults serving themselves, leaning toward the table, and reacting to one another inside a private gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults, a food table, crackers, dip, serving plates, a bottle, plaid curtains, window blinds, and warm interior lighting.
Film character: The 8mm footage has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for private celebrations, mid-century domestic life, or holiday gathering sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for adult entertaining in a private Albany-area interior, with food service and dress styles consistent with the 1950s metadata.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment for the home-movie source.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1950s 8mm home movie party, Albany New York private gathering, adults serving food, New Year's Eve home movie, and mid-century interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Albany or 1956 material, then broader 1950s private-party and domestic celebration scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this Albany home-movie frame, adults in mid-century clothing stand near a food table with crackers, dip, curtains, and a window blind. — Adults gather around a small party food table in a private interior.

A woman in a black dress with a brooch leans toward the party table as adults stand behind her in a private Albany interior. — A woman leans toward the party table while other guests stand close by.

Adults serve themselves from a private party table with crackers, red dip, plates, plaid curtains, and window blinds visible. — Guests take food from a party table set against curtained windows.

A man in a dark suit holds a bottle near the food table in a 1950s Albany private-party home-movie frame. — A suited guest holds a bottle near the party table and curtained window.

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