New York City-1958: Man And Woman Swing Dancing Next To Driveway Of Home And

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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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Man And Woman Swing Dancing Next To Driveway Of Home And — Clip Details

A man and woman in 1950s attire swing dance on a grassy lawn beside a suburban home in New York City, 1958. The man wears a light blue short-sleeve shirt and trousers, while the woman is in a black sleeveless dress. They move playfully across the yard, holding hands and spinning, with a blue car parked nearby. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and warm color tones typical of home movies from the era. The couple smiles and poses for the camera, capturing a moment of joyful domestic life. A close-up reveals a woman with styled dark hair and red lipstick, adding to the nostalgic, personal feel of the home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 124559023

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 New York home-movie requests needing domestic leisure, couple dancing, or suburban family-yard atmosphere for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, hairstyle, parked car, lawn setting, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s domestic scene consistent with the supplied 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears to dance and pose casually for the camera, giving the clip unstaged value as a playful family or social moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancing man and woman, grassy lawn, driveway path, house frontage, parked blue car, close-up female face, pearl earring, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, domestic-life insert, dancing cutaway, or transition into midcentury family and social life material.
Historical context: The clip visually situates leisure and informal couple interaction in a residential yard, without enough evidence to identify the people or occasion.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 New York 8mm home movie couple dancing, 1950s lawn party, vintage swing dancing, and midcentury family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel home-movie scenes, then other 1958 New York material, then broader 1950s family, party, and dancing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1958 New York home-movie frame, a man and woman dance on a grassy lawn near a house and parked car. — A couple dances hand in hand on the lawn beside a residential driveway.

The couple faces the camera on a residential lawn, with the man leaning toward the woman in a casual 1958 home-movie pose. — The dancers pause and smile toward the camera in the yard.

Close-up of a woman with styled dark hair, red lipstick, and pearl earring in soft 8mm focus. — A close-up frames the woman's face and midcentury styling.

The camera catches the woman in profile near the side of the house.

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