New York City-1956: Couple Dancing Intimately Inside a House

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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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Couple Dancing Intimately Inside a House — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1956 captures a couple dancing intimately inside a dimly lit house. The man, wearing a white collared shirt, holds the woman, who is dressed in a light-colored dress, as they move together in a close embrace. The grainy, low-light footage shows warm, slightly faded colors and the characteristic flicker of Super 8 film, with vertical light reflections visible in the background. The couple smiles and sways, conveying a sense of joy and romance in a private, nostalgic moment.

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: 124558085

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 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: 1950s New York City home-movie footage for productions needing an intimate domestic dancing moment between adults in a private interior.
Period detail: The light dress, white collared shirt, coiffed hair, and dim interior may show mid-1950s social dress and home gathering style.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears relaxed and affectionate as they sway closely for the home-movie camera rather than perform formally.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult couple, a light dress, a white collared shirt, close dancing, dark interior walls, blinds or paneling, and bright vertical reflections.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, low-light exposure, warm faded color, flicker, soft focus, and gate edges that give the scene clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, romantic cutaway, domestic-life insert, or transition into a 1950s family gathering sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a private social view of adult couple dancing inside a New York City home, without visible landmarks or public event context.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1956 New York City home movie couple dancing indoors, 1950s domestic party footage, and vintage 8mm intimate dance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel home interiors, then other 1956 New York City clips, then broader 1950s couple dancing or family gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1956 New York City home-movie footage, a woman in a light dress dances close to a man inside a dark room. — A woman in a light dress turns toward her partner during a close indoor dance.

A man in a white collared shirt holds a woman as they dance in a dim 1956 New York City home interior. — The couple moves in close embrace, partly turned away from the camera.

The man looks downward as the woman turns away during the dance.

A smiling woman in a light dress faces the camera while dancing with a man in 1956 New York City home-movie footage. — The woman smiles toward the camera while dancing closely with her partner.

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