New York City-1956: Boy Holding Puppy and Accordion Music at Family Party

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 New York City

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Boy Holding Puppy and Accordion Music at Family Party — Clip Details

A young boy in a light-colored jacket gently holds a black-and-white puppy at a nighttime family gathering in New York City, 1956. The grainy 8mm film captures the intimate moment as the child pets the small dog, which wears a red collar. The scene shifts to a person playing an accordion, their hands moving over the instrument in a dimly lit room. The footage, shot on vintage 8mm film, exudes warmth and nostalgia, with soft lighting and natural motion typical of home movies from the era. The atmosphere is festive and personal, evoking classic mid-century American family life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 124608202

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: Yes

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New York City, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New York home-movie requests needing family party, pet, or informal music material for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century indoor party clothing, a small accordion, dim household lighting, and color 8mm exposure consistent with the supplied 1956 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged family behavior: a child handling a puppy while nearby adults gather around music in a private interior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a child in a light jacket, a black-and-white puppy with a red collar, adult hands, seated party guests, an accordion, and a dim interior room.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, soft focus, warm color shifts, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, party cutaway, pet insert, or transition between family gathering and home music scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a private social glimpse of mid-1950s family leisure, with attention shifting from a pet interaction to accordion music indoors.
Research note: People, a likely child, private property, and audible music require review for likeness, property, and music rights separate from film copyright status.
Research search match: Searches this supports include 1950s New York family party 8mm, child holding puppy home movie, accordion music family gathering, and vintage pet footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other New York City 1956 home movies, then broader 1950s family party, pets, and music material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1956 New York home-movie footage, a child gently holds a black-and-white puppy in a dim private room. — A child steadies a small puppy during an indoor family gathering.

A child appears to pet or steady a small black-and-white puppy while an adult hand reaches in, in a dim 1950s home interior. — The child and an adult handle the puppy together.

Dim home-movie frame of seated party guests, with an accordion visible in the foreground during the family gathering. — The scene shifts from the puppy to seated guests and music.

A person appears to play an accordion in a dim private interior, with another figure nearby in the home-movie frame. — Accordion music becomes the focus in the darker party room.

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