New York City-1958: Family Gathering At Dining Table And Eating Meal

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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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Family Gathering At Dining Table And Eating Meal — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a family gathering around a dining table in New York City. Two women, one in a dark dress and another in a patterned apron, serve food and share a meal in a warmly lit kitchen. The grainy, slightly overexposed footage shows classic mid-century domestic life, with a woman later seen smiling in a blue dress outside. The footage evokes nostalgia and authenticity, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124560145

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 domestic-life requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of adults sharing a meal in a private interior.
Period detail: The clothing, apron, tableware, kitchen setting, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s family-gathering context, with exact identities not established.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged family behavior as adults sit closely around a dining table, serve food, converse, and briefly step outside for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a dining table, plates, cups, serving dishes, a patterned apron, a kitchen interior, and a woman in a blue dress by a doorway.
Film character: The footage has a grainy 8mm texture with soft focus, handheld framing, dim interior exposure, and brief overexposure near the exterior doorway.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic memory beat, meal cutaway, family-history insert, or transition from interior gathering to doorway portrait.
Historical context: The scene offers a small-scale view of mid-century private family life, centered on shared food, household labor, and informal social presence.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright or source-license assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm New York City family meal, 1950s home movie dining table, mid-century kitchen gathering, and vintage domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1958 New York City home movies, then broader 1950s family dining or kitchen scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New York City home-movie frame showing adults gathered at a dining table with tableware in a private kitchen interior. — Adults sit around a table set with plates, cups, and serving items inside a dim household kitchen.

Home-movie frame from the 1958 New York City clip showing adults seated closely around a dining table during a meal. — Three adults sit and talk at the table, with dishes and cups visible in the foreground.

1958 New York City 8mm frame showing adults at a meal, with a woman in a patterned apron seated near the table. — A woman in a patterned apron sits near others at the dining table in the softly focused kitchen scene.

1958 New York City home-movie frame showing a woman in a blue dress standing near a doorway, with the background overexposed. — A woman in a blue dress stands by a doorway as the film shifts from the interior meal to a bright threshold view.

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