New York City-1958: Man Kissing Camera Wearing Overcoat And Smiling

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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 Kissing Camera Wearing Overcoat And Smiling — Clip Details

A young man in a gray overcoat smiles and playfully kisses the camera in this vintage 8mm home movie from 1958. The grainy, warm-toned footage captures his expressive face in close-up, with natural lighting highlighting his features. The scene shifts to show a woman in a long green coat walking away up stone steps, suggesting a casual, candid moment in an urban setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with soft focus and subtle color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory from mid-century New York.

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: 124560080

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 City home-movie requests needing candid people, winter coats, playful camera interaction, or intimate urban memory material.
Period detail: The overcoat, green coat, soft color stock, and 8mm framing support a late-1950s home-movie setting, with New York City supplied by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The man performs directly for the camera by smiling and kissing toward the lens, followed by a candid view of a woman walking up exterior steps.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include close faces, a gray overcoat, a woman in a pale green coat, stone steps, exterior siding, strong sunlight, shadows, and film frame edges.
Film character: Warm 8mm color, handheld framing, soft focus, visible grain, and uneven exposure give the clip a personal physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, intimate memory beat, transition from close-up affection to street movement, or cutaway for mid-century urban home life.
Historical context: The clip shows informal social filming and winter or cool-weather outerwear in a city setting, without visible landmarks or events to identify the exact place within New York City.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands or private interiors are apparent, and copyright status is separate from appearance releases.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 New York City home movie, man kissing camera, gray overcoat close-up, woman in green coat walking, and vintage 8mm candid people footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 New York City exterior home movies, then broader 1950s candid street and family-memory footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1958 home-movie frame of a young person’s lower face near the lens, with soft focus, shadow, and warm 8mm color. — A partial close-up face fills the frame in soft, shadowed light.

Young man in a gray overcoat puckers toward the camera in a playful 1958 New York City home-movie close-up. — The man leans into the lens as if kissing the camera.

Woman in a pale green coat walks away up exterior steps in a handheld 1958 New York City home-movie frame. — A woman in a green coat moves away toward the steps.

Back view of a woman in a pale green coat near stone steps, with heavy shadow and warm 8mm color from the 1958 New York City clip. — The woman continues past the camera toward the steps.

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