Catskill New York USA-1959: Young Man Opening Gifts and Decorating Christmas Tree

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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Young Man Opening Gifts and Decorating Christmas Tree — Clip Details

A young man in a striped shirt and glasses unwraps a gift in a cozy living room, with a vintage television and family photos in the background. The scene cuts to a decorated Christmas tree adorned with colorful lights, ornaments, and tinsel, captured in warm, nostalgic 8mm film. A person in a plaid shirt stands nearby, adding to the intimate holiday atmosphere. Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this home movie captures authentic mid-century Christmas traditions and family moments.

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: 123618223

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1959 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 an intimate Christmas gift-opening and tree-decorating moment for documentary or educational editing.
Period detail: The striped shirt, plaid shirt, tinsel-heavy tree, colorful ornaments, and visible television may show late-1950s domestic holiday style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal family-room behavior, with a man opening a wrapped present while another person stands close to the decorated tree.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young man with glasses, wrapped gift paper, a decorated Christmas tree, tinsel garland, colorful ornaments, curtains, a television, and a plaid shirt.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that support an authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday memory insert, domestic-life cutaway, or brief transition into a mid-century Christmas sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a private Catskill, New York living-room Christmas scene in 1959, showing gift exchange and tree decoration as family activity.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Catskill New York home movies, 8mm Christmas tree decorating, mid-century gift opening, and vintage family holiday footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Catskill 1959 material, then other 1950s Christmas home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1959 Catskill, New York home movie, a person in a plaid shirt stands near a decorated Christmas tree with tinsel and ornaments. — A plaid-shirted figure stands close to the tinsel-covered Christmas tree.

The camera frames the 1959 living-room Christmas tree, with tinsel, ornaments, and part of a plaid-shirted person at the edge. — The home-movie camera lingers on the decorated tree and nearby figure.

A decorated Christmas tree fills the frame, showing tinsel, colored ornaments, lights, and the living-room wall in Catskill, New York. — The Christmas tree is shown with tinsel, lights, and colorful ornaments.

A young man in glasses and a striped shirt opens a wrapped gift in a 1959 Catskill living room, with a television behind him. — A seated young man opens a wrapped present beside the Christmas tree area.

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