New York City-1956: A Man Playing An Accordion

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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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A Man Playing An Accordion — Clip Details

A man plays an accordion in a dimly lit indoor setting, captured on grainy 8mm film from 1956. The footage shows him in a light-colored shirt, his hands moving across the instrument's keys and bellows. The dark background and low-light conditions create a moody, intimate atmosphere, with visible film grain and occasional light flares typical of vintage home movies. The clip captures a quiet, personal musical moment from a bygone era.

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: 124557952

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: Yes

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: 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

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: Supports requests for 1950s New York City home-movie footage of informal indoor music performance for documentary, museum, or editorial memory sequences.
Period detail: The accordion, clothing, low indoor light, and 8mm color grain may show a mid-1950s private social setting consistent with the supplied New York City 1956 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view of a man playing accordion while another person appears nearby in a dim room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an accordion player, bellows and keyboard, seated or standing observers, dark room edges, light flares, film grain, and a contact-print frame border.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, soft focus, low-light exposure shifts, muted color, and handheld framing that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for private music-making, family gatherings, or mid-century urban social life.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests informal domestic or social entertainment, but the exact venue, identities, and occasion are not established by the frames.
Research note: People and audible music require review for likeness, performance, and music rights, separate from any copyright status of the film scan or source material.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1956 New York City home movie accordion player, 1950s indoor music 8mm footage, and vintage family gathering musician.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel scenes, then other New York City 1956 interiors, then 1950s home-movie clips of musicians or informal gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1956 New York City 8mm footage, a man looks down while playing an accordion in a dim interior. — Accordion player framed close in low light, with keyboard and bellows visible.

The accordion player remains in view in the dark interior, with the bellows extended and face partly visible. — The musician and accordion bellows fill the frame against a dark background.

A very dim frame shows indistinct people or room activity, with strong grain and a dark film edge. — Low-light home-movie frame with indistinct figures and heavy grain.

A person in a light shirt appears seated or leaning in the same dim indoor setting, with other figures partly visible nearby. — A light-shirted figure appears among shadowed people in the room.

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