Albany New York-1955: Group Of Friends Participates In Birthday Party With Great Joy

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

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Group Of Friends Participates In Birthday Party With... — Clip Details

ALBANY NEW YORK-1955: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively birthday party. A man in a suit and tie holds up red and green eggs to his eyes in a playful gesture, while another man in a light-colored suit sits at a table. The scene includes a table laden with food, including a white frosted cake, pastries, and drinks, all set against a backdrop of window blinds and patterned wallpaper. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color, evoking mid-century American domestic life and festive nostalgia.

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: 123437965

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$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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

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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.)
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves documentary and editorial requests for 1950s Americana needing candid home-party footage with mid-century domestic setting, period props, and genuine social atmosphere.
Period detail: Men's narrow neckties, dark suit jackets, a wall-mounted telephone, Venetian window blinds, and patterned wallpaper align with mid-1950s American domestic interiors.
Home-movie behavior: The playful gesture of holding colored objects to the eyes, performed directly for the camera, captures the spontaneous clowning typical of 8mm home-movie social gatherings.
What appears in frame: Dark-suited man holding small colored round objects to his eyes, white-frosted layer cake, decorated pastry, cold cuts on a platter, fruit bowl, coffee mugs, white tablecloth, wall-mounted telephone.
Film character: Warm saturated color palette, visible grain, slight overexposure on highlights, and soft edge definition convey the authentic texture of late-1950s 8mm amateur footage.
Edit role: Functions as a memory-beat cutaway in mid-century domestic sequences or as a character insert illustrating postwar American birthday and holiday party culture.
Historical context: The table spread of layer cake, pastries, cold cuts, and fruit reflects mid-century American home entertaining norms; suit-and-tie attire at a private party is consistent with 1950s social custom.
Research note: Identifiable adult faces are visible throughout; likeness rights review is required before editorial use. Possible branded packaging visible on the party table warrants a separate clearance check.
Research search match: 1950s birthday party home movie, mid-century American domestic celebration, 8mm vintage party footage, upstate New York 1950s social gathering, postwar home entertainment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel, then with mid-1950s Albany or upstate New York home movies, then with postwar American birthday or holiday party footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Party guest in profile; wall telephone and pastries visible, Albany, NY, c. 1956.

Man in dark suit and narrow tie performing a comic gesture with small colored objects at a mid-1950s birthday party; white layer cake and window blinds in background, Albany, NY, c. 1956. — Man clowning with colored objects for the camera, Albany, NY, c. 1956.

Grinning man in dark suit and narrow tie performs a comic gesture at a mid-1950s birthday party in Albany, New York, c. 1956. — Party guest grinning for the camera, Albany, NY, c. 1956.

Close shot of a mid-1950s birthday party table with white-frosted layer cake, decorated pastry with red motif, sliced cold cuts, fruit, and cups; Albany, New York, c. 1956. — Birthday party table spread, Albany, New York, c. 1956.

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