New York City-1958: Smiling Man in Suit with Corsage Rapidly Approaches Camera

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Smiling Man in Suit with Corsage Rapidly Approaches Camera — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1958: A young man in a sharp blue suit and white shirt smiles warmly as he rapidly approaches the camera, his boutonniere clearly visible. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the candid energy of a formal occasion, likely a wedding, with natural light and slight motion blur emphasizing his forward movement. The grainy texture and color palette are characteristic of vintage home movies from the late 1950s, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life. The sequence ends with a close-up of his torso and hand, suggesting a personal, intimate moment preserved on film.

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: 124559959

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New York City home-movie requests needing a candid formal-dress moment, wedding-adjacent insert, or personal memory beat.
Period detail: The blue suit, white shirt, boutonniere, and soft 8mm color may show late-1950s formal or wedding attire in an urban residential setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man smiles and moves quickly toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged, playful home-movie intimacy.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young man in a blue suit, a boutonniere, white shirt, sidewalk, building windows, close-up torso detail, hands, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, motion blur, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld 8mm framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quick insert, transitional flash, or affectionate cutaway within a wedding, family gathering, or mid-century memory sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects a personal formal occasion in 1958 New York City, while the exact event and relationship of the subject are not identified.
Research note: Faces and likeness are visible, so copyright review is separate from any needed publicity, privacy, or personal-identification assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 New York City 8mm home movie, smiling man in suit, boutonniere, wedding guest, groom-like figure, and formal occasion footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 New York City home movies, then formalwear, wedding, and family-celebration scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 New York City home-movie footage, a smiling man in a blue suit with a boutonniere appears near a building entrance. — A smiling man in formal dress faces the camera near a doorway.

The 8mm frame becomes an abstract close-up of the man's white shirt and blue suit as he moves very close to the camera. — Motion blur turns the approach into a close view of suit and shirt.

The man in the blue suit passes close to the handheld camera, with sidewalk and curbside greenery visible behind him. — The subject moves quickly past the lens, leaving the frame partially cropped.

From a high handheld angle, the man in the blue suit leans or crouches near the camera, his hair, hands, and suit visible. — A high-angle frame catches the man close to the camera near the sidewalk.

Visually Similar Clips