Catskill New York US-1962: Man and Woman in Dimly Lit Room at Night

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 New York

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Man and Woman in Dimly Lit Room at Night — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dimly lit interior scene in Catskill, New York. A man in a light-colored shirt sits near a window with deep blue night sky visible outside. Another person with short, curly gray hair and a patterned blouse enters the frame, partially obscuring the view. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and warm indoor lighting, evoking a nostalgic, intimate moment from a mid-century American home.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorNight
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: 123750891

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 1182 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: zoo
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1962 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 1960s home-movie requests needing an intimate nighttime interior cutaway with adults gathered near a window in Catskill, New York.
Period detail: The light shirt, patterned blouse, domestic room, and blue night window view may show early-1960s casual indoor social life.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as people shift and partially block the camera, preserving the feel of a family or social gathering filmed from inside the room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a window with deep blue night outside, pale curtains or trim, a patterned blouse, gray hair, warm interior light, and soft room shadows.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the scene a direct physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, interior transition, or cutaway for mid-century domestic life at night.
Historical context: The scene suggests a private indoor gathering rather than a public event, with emphasis on ordinary social presence and domestic space.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may need review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 Catskill home movie interior, 8mm nighttime room, adults by window, vintage family gathering, and 1960s domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Catskill 1962 interiors, then broader 1960s home-movie scenes of nighttime gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Catskill home-movie frame showing a man seated by a window in a dim private room at night. — A man sits near the window as blue evening light shows through the glass.

Dim Catskill interior with a seated man and another figure near a blue night window, filmed on 8mm in 1962. — The seated man remains near the window while a second figure is visible in shadow.

A gray-haired adult in a patterned blouse moves into the foreground of a dim 1962 Catskill home interior. — A foreground figure enters the frame, partly obscuring the seated man by the window.

Final frame shows people close to the camera partly blocking a dim Catskill room and blue night window. — People in the foreground obscure the window and seated figures as the brief interior scene ends.

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