Catskill New York-1957: Group Of People Have A Meal In A Very Pleasant Outdoor

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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Group Of People Have A Meal In A Very Pleasant Outdoor — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a sunny summer day at an outdoor picnic. Men and women in 1950s attire gather around wooden picnic tables, sharing a meal and conversation. The scene features classic American automobiles from the era parked nearby, with people walking across a grassy field. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies, evoking a nostalgic, candid atmosphere of mid-century family life and community gatherings.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123442368

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Catskill, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits 1950s Americana documentary segments covering community leisure, postwar family life, or regional summer gatherings; useful for broadcast, educational, or commercial nostalgia productions.
Period detail: Large-finned American automobiles, 1950s summer casual wear including shorts and short-sleeved shirts, and wooden picnic tables suggest a mid-1950s outdoor public gathering, consistent with the 1957 date in metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera captures candid moments of people eating and walking, with subjects occasionally glancing at the lens, preserving the unstaged intimacy of an amateur filmmaker documenting their own community.
What appears in frame: Wooden picnic tables laden with paper food containers, bald man and woman sharing a meal, man in plaid cap, two men walking across grass, row of parked 1950s American automobiles, grassy open field, scattered crowd.
Film character: Warm color saturation, visible film grain, and soft motion blur on moving subjects give this 8mm footage the textured, hand-held character typical of late-1950s amateur color film stock.
Edit role: Works as an establishing wide shot of the gathering or as a cutaway insert between interview sequences in a postwar Americana, regional history, or nostalgia documentary.
Historical context: The volume of large American automobiles and the communal picnic format reflect postwar suburban leisure culture; the setting may relate to a regional fairground or public park event noted in the clip tags.
Research note: Adult faces are identifiable in close-up frames; likeness clearance should be assessed for editorial use, as copyright and likeness rights are separate considerations and neither can be guaranteed by the archive.
Research search match: 1950s outdoor picnic 8mm home movie, postwar American family gathering, 1957 New York community event, vintage color summer fair footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other reels from this apparent gathering; then with mid-1950s New York outdoor footage; then with postwar American picnic or fairground home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men in shorts and short-sleeved shirts approach the camera on a sunny day; a line of large American automobiles consistent with the late 1950s is parked behind them. — Two men walking toward camera at an outdoor gathering; late-1950s American cars visible in background.

A woman in a blue top and a man interact closely at a wooden picnic table during an outdoor gathering consistent with 1950s Catskill, New York; paper containers and picnic items cover the table. — Couple at picnic table with food containers; outdoor gathering with parked 1950s cars in background.

A bald man and a woman share a meal at a wooden picnic table; behind them a large open field with dozens of 1950s American automobiles and groups of people at tables stretches into the distance. — Bald man and woman at foreground picnic table; large outdoor gathering and 1950s cars fill the background.

Three adults including a man in a plaid cap share a meal at a wooden picnic table at a 1950s outdoor gathering; cardboard food containers sit on the table with cars and people filling the background. — Three adults at a picnic table with food containers; 1950s cars and crowd visible across the field.

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