Hicksville New York-1956: A Variety Of Different Christmas Presents Under The Tree

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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A Variety Of Different Christmas Presents Under The Tree — Clip Details

HICKSVILLE NEW YORK-1956: A collection of vintage Christmas presents wrapped in colorful, patterned paper sits beneath a decorated tree. The gifts feature festive designs including Santa Claus, floral motifs, and red and green wrapping. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the warm, nostalgic glow of holiday lights and the grainy texture of a mid-century home movie. The camera remains steady, focusing on the pile of gifts under the tree, evoking a sense of quiet anticipation and family tradition from the 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123440337

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$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Hicksville, 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: Fits archival requests for 1950s American domestic Christmas scenes; useful for holiday montages, family-life documentaries, or mid-century nostalgia sequences.
Period detail: Wrapping paper printed with Santa Claus figures and floral motifs, tinsel-heavy tree decoration, and warm Kodachrome-era color saturation suggest authentic mid-1950s American Christmas decor.
Home-movie behavior: A steady, contemplative shot of the tree; the camera lingers without panning, reflecting quiet family anticipation before gifts are opened, typical of deliberate home-movie documentation.
What appears in frame: Christmas tree lower branches with hanging tinsel icicles, red wrapping paper printed with white Santa figures, a blue floral-patterned package, a green flat box, and multiple stacked gifts on a dark floor.
Film character: 8mm color film shows characteristic mid-century grain, warm saturation, and soft light bloom off the tinsel, giving the footage a luminous handmade texture consistent with home-movie originals.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat within holiday sequences; the static framing and brief duration suit inserts between family activity shots or as an establishing close-up of a gift pile.
Historical context: Commercially printed Santa-motif wrapping paper and tinsel-laden tree decoration reflect mid-1950s American consumer Christmas culture in suburban Long Island.
Research note: No identifiable people or faces visible; no recognizable brand logos apparent on packages; copyright rests with the original footage owner, so confirm licensing scope before editorial use.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries like '1950s Christmas presents home movie,' 'vintage gift wrapping 8mm,' or 'suburban American Christmas 1956 Long Island.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Hicksville 1956 reel; then with 1950s Long Island domestic footage; then with mid-century American Christmas home movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Christmas gifts beneath a tinsel-hung tree in a 1956 Hicksville, New York home movie; red wrapping paper printed with Santa figures is the most prominent element. — Gifts under the tree, Christmas 1956, Hicksville NY.

Christmas presents piled under a tinsel-decorated tree in an 8mm home movie from Hicksville, New York, circa 1956. — Presents stacked beneath the Christmas tree.

Static 8mm shot of holiday gifts under a tinsel-hung Christmas tree; Hicksville, New York, 1956. — Christmas morning gift pile, Hicksville NY, 1956.

Final frame of a steady 8mm home movie shot showing a gift pile beneath a Christmas tree, Hicksville, New York, 1956. — Gift pile beneath the Christmas tree, Hicksville NY.

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