New York City-1958: Couple Dancing in Suburban Backyard

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New York City

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Couple Dancing in Suburban Backyard — Clip Details

A young couple dances in a suburban backyard in this 1958 8mm home movie. The woman wears a black sleeveless dress and the man a light blue shirt and trousers, their movements captured in the warm, slightly faded colors of vintage film. They spin and embrace on the grass, with a classic blue car and a house visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, intimate moment from mid-century America.

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: 124558996

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1958 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: New York City, 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 home-movie requests needing young adults dancing outdoors in a suburban New York setting for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The clothing, lawn setting, house frontage, and blue parked car support a mid-century domestic scene consistent with the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the informal, affectionate movement of a couple dancing for the camera rather than a staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young woman in a black dress, a young man in a light blue shirt, grass, a walkway or driveway, house fronts, trees, and a blue car.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild motion blur, faded color, and dark frame edges that give the clip clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, romantic memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, or transition within a mid-century family or courtship sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives a small social glimpse of leisure and couple interaction in a residential outdoor setting during the late 1950s.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, but copyright and personal rights remain separate checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm home movie couple dancing, 1950s backyard dance, New York domestic footage, and vintage courtship scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 New York home movies, then broader 1950s backyard, dancing, and family-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 New York home-movie footage, a young couple dances on grass with a house, walkway, and blue car behind them. — A young couple begins dancing together on a residential lawn.

The couple faces each other and holds hands while dancing in a residential yard, with a blue car and house details in the background. — The dancers turn while holding hands on the grass.

The man is seen from behind as the couple dances closely on the grass, with a driveway, house, and fence in the background. — The couple moves closer during the backyard dance.

The couple pauses or turns close together on the lawn in 1958 New York home-movie footage, with a walkway and houses behind them. — The dancers pause close together near the end of the shot.

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