New York City-1958: Couple in Formal Attire Walking and Embracing

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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 in Formal Attire Walking and Embracing — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a young couple in formal attire walking together outside a house in New York City. The man wears a dark suit with a light blue shirt and a boutonniere, while the woman is dressed in a dark, buttoned dress. They smile and embrace, sharing a tender moment as they walk. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, romantic atmosphere from the late 1950s.

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: 124559919

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 a brief romantic couple moment, formal attire, or wedding-adjacent social footage.
Period detail: The dark suit, light blue shirt, boutonniere, and buttoned dress may show late-1950s formal or semi-formal clothing in a residential setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged affectionate exchange as the couple walks arm in arm, smiles toward the camera, and shares a kiss.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, formal clothing, a boutonniere, a buttoned dress, a house exterior, doorway trim, smiles, and an embrace.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, and handheld framing that give the moment a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, romantic insert, family-history cutaway, or transition into a wedding or courtship sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social view of dressed-up young adults outside a New York City home without establishing a specific event beyond the visible affection.
Research note: Recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm New York couple, vintage home movie kiss, formal clothes outside house, and wedding-adjacent family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other New York City 1958 clips, then broader 1950s couple, wedding, and family celebration material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 New York City home-movie footage, a dressed-up couple stands close together outside a residential doorway. — A young couple poses together outside a house.

The couple walks together outside a New York City house, with the man wearing a boutonniere and the woman in a dark dress. — The couple walks arm in arm past the house exterior.

A closer home-movie frame shows the dressed-up couple smiling together, cropped tightly against the house exterior. — The camera moves closer as the couple smiles together.

The couple embraces and kisses beside a residential doorway in the 1958 New York City home-movie footage. — The couple shares a kiss outside the house.

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