Hagerstown Maryland USA-1958: Dark Room With A Set Table And A Big Cooked Turkey

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationHagerstown, Maryland, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Dark Room With A Set Table And A Big Cooked Turkey — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Hagerstown, Maryland, 1958, captures a dimly lit dining room set for a holiday feast. The scene opens on a formally arranged table with a white lace tablecloth, red candles, and glassware, then reveals a golden roasted turkey as the centerpiece. The warm, low-light atmosphere and film grain evoke a nostalgic, intimate family gathering, likely Thanksgiving or Christmas. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows subtle movement as the camera focuses on the festive table setting, with a framed photograph visible in the background, adding a personal, archival touch to this classic American holiday memory.

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: 123606608

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: 1958 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: Hagerstown, Maryland, 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: 1950s Maryland home-movie footage for productions needing a short domestic holiday-table insert or family-memory cutaway.
Period detail: Visible clues include red taper candles, a lace tablecloth, polished tableware, glassware, and a roasted turkey in a dim private dining room.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie perspective, with the camera lingering on a prepared family table rather than a posed public event.
What appears in frame: The frames show a white tablecloth, place settings, red candles, glassware, a serving platter, a roasted turkey, shelves, and a framed photograph.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries heavy grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld reframing that give the scene physical home-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday-meal cutaway, a domestic memory beat, or a transition into Thanksgiving or Christmas family material.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century American domestic entertaining through a formal table setting and holiday-style roast in a private interior.
Research note: Use should consider copyright plus likeness and private-property review, since metadata flags people visible and the scene is inside a private home.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Hagerstown Maryland home movie, 8mm holiday table, roasted turkey dinner, and mid-century family dining room.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1958 Hagerstown family interiors, then with American holiday meal or dining-table footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Hagerstown home-movie frame showing a dim formal dining table with red candles, table settings, and background shelving. — A low-lit dining table is set with candles, plates, glassware, and a white tablecloth.

1958 Maryland home-movie frame centering a roasted turkey on a formal table with candles, glassware, and background decor. — The camera shifts closer to the roasted turkey centerpiece on the holiday-style table.

1958 Hagerstown interior frame with a roasted turkey centerpiece, red candles, glassware, and dim household furnishings. — A closer, darker view shows the turkey and surrounding table objects in the private dining room.

Final 1958 Maryland home-movie frame of the roasted turkey centerpiece on a set dining table in a dark private room. — The clip ends on the turkey centerpiece with candles and tableware still visible around it.

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