New York-1948: Vintage 8mm Home Movie of 1940s Party Celebration

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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 1940s Party Celebration — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively indoor celebration, likely a holiday gathering. A young couple in glasses, the man in a striped shirt and the woman in a white blouse, smile as they share a drink. The scene shifts to include an older man in a suit and a woman in a dark dress, all engaged in cheerful conversation. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and warm, dim lighting, evoking a nostalgic 1940s atmosphere. The group appears relaxed and happy, enjoying a moment of connection.

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: 124875745

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: Yes
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 archival requests needing late-1940s New York home-movie material of an indoor family or social party for documentary, museum, education, or period-memory edits.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1940s domestic party details, including eyeglasses, striped knit shirt, buttoned blouse, suits, table setting, bottled drink, and venetian blinds.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged interaction as adults sit close together, smile toward the camera, share drinks, and continue a private indoor celebration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, eyeglasses, a striped shirt, white blouse, dark dress, suits, a tablecloth, bottled drinks, window blinds, and dim interior lighting.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and dim warm color that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, social-life cutaway, holiday gathering insert, or transition into domestic postwar family material.
Historical context: The clip documents a private indoor gathering in New York in 1948, showing adults socializing around a table rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: Faces, a private interior, and possible bottle labels are visible, so likeness, property, and trademark review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1948 New York 8mm home movie party, 1940s indoor celebration, vintage family gathering, adults drinking at table, and domestic holiday footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1948 New York home movies, and then with broader 1940s domestic party or family celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York home-movie frame of a young woman in a white blouse and a man in a striped shirt seated together indoors. — A seated couple faces the camera during an indoor gathering.

1948 New York home-movie frame of two seated men at a party table, with a bottle and window blinds visible behind them. — Two men sit at a table during the dimly lit indoor celebration.

1948 New York home-movie frame of a woman seated indoors at a party table with a beverage bottle in front of her. — A woman sits at the table as the camera catches a close party moment.

1948 New York home-movie frame of a woman and older man seated close together at an indoor celebration table. — Two adults sit side by side at the party table in low interior light.

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