Catskill New York-1957: People Eating Fried Chicken At Outdoor Picnic Table On A

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

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People Eating Fried Chicken At Outdoor Picnic Table On A — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: A family enjoys a sunny outdoor picnic at a rural fair, seated at a wooden table on a grassy field. A woman in a blue sleeveless dress and glasses eats fried chicken, while another woman in a red dress and sunglasses reads a program. Men in patterned shirts and hats converse, surrounded by classic 1950s automobiles and other visitors. The 8mm film captures the vibrant colors and casual atmosphere of a mid-century American summer outing.

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: 123442410

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. home-movie requests needing casual outdoor picnic, fairground, or family recreation footage for documentary or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century clothing, sunglasses, hats, wooden picnic tables, paper food packaging, and 1950s-era automobiles in a grassy public outing setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged picnic behavior, with adults eating, reading a program, and talking while the camera observes from a nearby family-table perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults at picnic tables, fried chicken, drink bottles and cups, a printed program, grassy fairground space, parked 1950s cars, and passing visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, saturated daylight color, and contact-sheet framing that preserves a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or cutaway for summer leisure, family eating, rural fair attendance, or mid-century Americana.
Historical context: The clip documents ordinary social eating at an outdoor public gathering in Catskill, New York, reflecting casual family recreation rather than a staged event.
Research note: Recognizable adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos or private property are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 Catskill New York 8mm picnic footage, 1950s family eating outdoors, fried chicken picnic table, rural fair home movie, and mid-century cars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Catskill or New York 1957 material, and then with related 1950s fairground, picnic, family recreation, or food scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Catskill, New York home-movie frame of adults eating at a picnic table on grass, with visitors and mid-century cars in the background. — Adults eat and talk at an outdoor picnic table during a sunny public outing.

Adults sit around a wooden picnic table at a Catskill, New York outdoor gathering, with food wrappers, hats, and 1950s cars visible behind them. — A group continues eating at a picnic table while visitors move through the fairground behind them.

Close home-movie view of two women eating at a picnic table in 1957 Catskill, with sunglasses, bottles, paper cups, and a printed program visible. — Two women eat picnic food at the table, one holding food while another reads or rests near a program.

Catskill, New York picnic close-up showing women in sunglasses eating at a wooden table with bottles, cups, food bags, and a program in bright daylight. — The camera lingers on the picnic table as the women eat and handle food beside drinks and packaging.

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