Hagerstown Maryland USA-1958: Vintage Thanksgiving Dinner Table with Roasted Turkey and Red Candles

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

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Vintage Thanksgiving Dinner Table with Roasted Turkey... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Hagerstown, Maryland, 1958, captures a classic American Thanksgiving or holiday dinner. The camera pans across a formally set dining table featuring a golden roasted turkey, red taper candles in silver holders, and a centerpiece of a woven basket filled with colorful candies. The table is covered with a light-colored cloth and set with plates, silverware, and glassware, all under warm, dim lighting that creates a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere. The film's characteristic grain and color saturation evoke a sense of mid-century family tradition and celebration.

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: 123606645

Rights & Clearance

$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

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: Supports 1950s American home-life requests needing a holiday dinner table insert, domestic ritual cutaway, or family-memory detail from 8mm footage.
Period detail: The formal table setting, red taper candles, woven candy basket, and roasted turkey appear consistent with mid-century holiday dining shown in the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the prepared table before guests arrive, preserving an unstaged family record of celebration through food, tableware, and room atmosphere.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a roasted turkey, red candles, plates, silverware, glassware, a woven basket of candy, a tablecloth, chairs, and a lamp.
Film character: Dense 8mm grain, saturated warm color, dim interior exposure, and slight handheld reframing give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday meal cutaway, domestic transition, Thanksgiving memory beat, or establishing insert for mid-century family life.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a prepared American holiday table in a Maryland home setting without showing the family members who would use it.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any home-interior property considerations should still be reviewed for use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 8mm Thanksgiving dinner table, Hagerstown Maryland home movie, roasted turkey red candles, and mid-century holiday meal.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Hagerstown or 1958 home movies, then broader holiday dinner and domestic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Hagerstown home-movie frame showing a holiday table with roasted turkey, red candles, place settings, glassware, and a woven candy basket. — Close view of a formal holiday table centered on a roasted turkey, red candles, and a candy basket.

1958 Hagerstown frame with the camera angled across place settings, a red candle, woven candy basket, glassware, and the roasted turkey. — The camera shifts along the set table, emphasizing the candy centerpiece and candle beside the turkey.

Wider 1958 Hagerstown home interior view showing the holiday table with turkey, place settings, glassware, chairs, and a lamp in dim light. — A wider view places the roasted turkey and table setting within the surrounding dining room.

Final 1958 Hagerstown frame showing the holiday table from farther back, with turkey, red candles, dishes, glassware, chairs, and wall decor. — The final frame holds on the holiday meal setting, with candles and tableware arranged around the turkey.

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