New York City-1956: Woman Sitting Down Looking Up While Sipping A Drink In A

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 New York City

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Woman Sitting Down Looking Up While Sipping A Drink In A — Clip Details

A woman in a patterned dress sits in a dimly lit room, sipping from a cup held in her hands. Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this grainy black-and-white home movie captures a quiet, intimate moment. Her gaze shifts slightly as she drinks, the soft focus and film grain adding to the nostalgic, personal feel. The scene evokes mid-century domestic life, with subtle movements and a candid atmosphere. This vintage 8mm film clip offers authentic archival footage for documentaries, editorial projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124556698

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 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: New York City, New York, 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: Useful for 1950s New York City home-movie requests needing an intimate domestic cutaway of a woman seated and drinking indoors.
Period detail: The patterned dress, cup, saucer, and soft black-and-white 8mm texture may show mid-century domestic or social setting details.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause as the seated woman looks slightly upward and sips from a cup during a private indoor moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, patterned dress, light-colored cup, saucer or plate, dim interior background, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The clip has dense black-and-white grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that reads as original 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, or transition between broader 1950s New York scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of everyday indoor leisure or refreshment without enough visual evidence to identify the room or occasion.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1956 8mm home movie woman drinking indoors, mid-century domestic cutaway, and New York City archival family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 New York City home movies, then similar indoor drinking or domestic-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1956 New York City home-movie footage, a seated woman in a patterned dress holds a cup and saucer in a dim interior. — A seated woman holds a cup and saucer in a grainy indoor 8mm frame.

The woman raises a cup to drink while seated indoors, with her face partly obscured by the cup in the 1956 8mm frame. — The woman brings the cup up to her mouth while holding a saucer.

A seated woman sips from a light cup in a dim private interior, captured in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage. — The woman sips from the cup, her body turned slightly toward the camera.

The woman remains seated with the cup near her face and a saucer in hand, framed by dark 8mm contact-sheet edges. — The cup stays near the woman's face as she sits in the dim room.

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