New York City-1958: Woman in Black Dress and Man in Blue Shirt Dance and Enter House

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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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Woman in Black Dress and Man in Blue Shirt Dance and... — Clip Details

A young woman in a black dress walks up stone steps to a house with white siding, entering through a screen door at night. The scene shifts to a close-up of her dancing with a man in a blue shirt, both smiling and moving together in a lively, intimate moment. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a candid, joyful interaction with natural film grain and warm, slightly faded color tones typical of mid-century home footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124559101

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: 1950s New York City home-movie footage for edits needing a brief nighttime social arrival and dancing moment between adults.
Period detail: The clothing, screen door, white siding, stone steps, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century domestic setting without identifying a specific neighborhood.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the candid, unstaged movement of two adults laughing and dancing close to the camera after an exterior house entrance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a black dress, a man in a blue shirt, stone steps, white house siding, a screen door, foliage, and night lighting.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, handheld framing, low-light blur, and saturated blue-black shadows that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, social-life insert, or transition from exterior arrival to intimate domestic celebration.
Historical context: The footage shows informal adult social interaction in a residential setting, useful for illustrating mid-century private leisure without broader social claims.
Research note: People's faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or audible music indicated.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 New York City home movie dancing couple, 1950s woman black dress man blue shirt, and 8mm nighttime house entrance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 New York City home movies, then related 1950s social gathering or dancing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 New York City home-movie footage, a woman in a black dress approaches stone steps by a white-sided house at night. — A woman in a black dress stands near the steps outside a house at night.

A nighttime 1958 New York City exterior shows a white-sided house, screen door, stone steps, and surrounding foliage. — The house entrance and steps remain in view after the woman moves out of frame.

In 1958 New York City home-movie footage, a smiling woman in a black dress dances with a man in a blue shirt near house siding. — The woman and man dance together in a blurred close-up.

A man in a blue shirt and woman in a black dress move together in a lively 1958 New York City home-movie dance moment. — The dancing couple continues moving together in soft, low-light focus.

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