Albany New York-1955: Thanksgiving Day Family Serving Themselves From the Table

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

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Thanksgiving Day Family Serving Themselves From the Table — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1955 captures a family gathering in Albany, New York, as they serve themselves from a Thanksgiving feast. The table is laden with classic holiday dishes: creamy potato salad, green beans, sliced bread, and ham, all arranged in white ceramic bowls and platters. A hand reaches in to scoop food, highlighting the communal act of serving. The footage features the warm, slightly grainy color palette and soft focus characteristic of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of mid-century American family life.

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: 123435194

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 Thanksgiving meal, family table service, or mid-century domestic holiday cutaway.
Period detail: The white serving dishes, sliced bread, ham platter, and informal buffet layout may show mid-century American holiday dining habits.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged action of hands reaching in, spooning food, and serving plates around a family table.
What appears in frame: Visible details include sliced bread, crackers, ham, potato salad or casserole, green beans, serving spoons, white bowls, and a patterned tablecloth.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, warm color, gate edges, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, holiday table cutaway, memory beat, or transition into family-gathering material.
Historical context: The clip visually documents home dining and shared serving at a private Thanksgiving gathering without identifying participants by name.
Research note: People's arms and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm Thanksgiving dinner, Albany family home movie, holiday food table, and vintage family serving footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then Albany or 1956 family footage, then broader 1950s Thanksgiving and home-dining clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s Albany home-movie frame showing a Thanksgiving-style food table with bread, crackers, white serving bowls, and green vegetables. — A holiday table is set with bread, crackers, vegetables, and white serving dishes.

A hand serves food from a white dish on a 1950s Albany Thanksgiving table with crackers, vegetables, and serving bowls nearby. — A hand reaches in to serve food from the holiday spread.

A person's arm reaches across a Thanksgiving food table in Albany, with bread, white bowls, green vegetables, and a serving spoon visible. — A guest reaches over the table while serving from the shared dishes.

A person's arm and plate appear over a 1950s Albany Thanksgiving table with serving bowls, green vegetables, bread, and a spooned dish. — A plate is held near the serving dishes during the family meal.

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