New York-1948: Vintage 8mm Home Movie of Dinner Party Guests Enjoying Food and Drinks

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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Vintage 8mm Home Movie of Dinner Party Guests Enjoying... — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively dinner party scene. A man in a gold-colored shirt and bow tie smiles at the camera, while a woman in a white dress looks on with a warm expression. The dimly lit, grainy footage shows guests seated at a table, enjoying food and drinks. A waiter in a white shirt and vest serves a dish, highlighting the formal atmosphere of this 1940s social gathering. The footage exudes classic Americana nostalgia, 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: 124875692

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 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
Date: 1948 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, 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 1940s New York social-life requests needing brief home-movie footage of adults dining, drinking, and interacting at a formal dinner party.
Period detail: The clothing, bow tie, table service, and color 8mm look support a late-1940s setting, with New York and 1948 taken from supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Guests glance toward the camera, smile, eat, and continue conversation, giving the scene an informal home-movie record of a private social gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated dinner guests, a gold shirt and bow tie, a woman in white, drinking glasses, plates of food, a waiter in vest, and dim restaurant or home interior lighting.
Film character: The clip has grainy color 8mm texture, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that place the viewer close to the dinner table.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, dining cutaway, social transition, or memory beat within a sequence about mid-century urban leisure.
Historical context: The footage shows a dressed-up adult dinner gathering with table service, suggesting a formal private or restaurant setting without identifying the venue or occasion.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright or footage license assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1948 New York home movie dinner party, 1940s adults eating and drinking, 8mm formal dinner guests, or vintage table service footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1948 New York home movies, then broader 1940s dining, parties, and social gathering material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York home-movie frame of a man in a gold shirt and bow tie facing the camera beside a woman in white at dinner. — A seated man smiles toward the camera while a woman in white sits nearby at the dinner table.

1948 New York dinner-party footage shows seated guests in low light, including a woman in white turning downward near the table. — Dinner guests remain seated in a dark interior as the camera catches a quiet moment at the table.

Grainy 1948 New York home-movie frame of adults seated around a dining table with cups, glasses, plates, and food. — Multiple guests sit around the table while food and drink occupy the foreground.

1948 New York dinner scene with a waiter in a white shirt and dark vest serving food near seated guests. — A waiter works beside the table as guests continue eating in the dimly lit room.

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