New York-1948: Man In Glasses Turns To Woman In Patterned Dress During Outdoor Gathering

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

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Man In Glasses Turns To Woman In Patterned Dress During... — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A group of people gather outdoors, laughing and conversing in a candid moment captured on 8mm film. A man in a dark shirt and glasses turns his chair to engage with a woman in a patterned dress, while others smile and interact in the background. The scene, shot on vintage 8mm film, features natural lighting, soft focus, and authentic film grain, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American atmosphere. The subjects wear period-appropriate clothing, with women in dresses and men in collared shirts, creating a timeless snapshot of social life in the late 1940s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124875854

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 candid home-movie footage of adults gathering outdoors for documentary, museum, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The clothing, glasses, hairstyles, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a late-1940s reading, with the New York 1948 setting supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged social exchange as seated adults smile, turn toward one another, raise a hand, and react to the camera during an informal gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a man in glasses, women in dresses, a pale exterior wall, a small window, a raised hand, soft focus, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm look with soft focus, mild exposure variation, visible grain, and contact-sheet frame borders that preserve its home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, reaction cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century family gatherings, neighborhood visits, or informal social scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows adults socializing outdoors in everyday clothing, offering visual context for postwar-era domestic or neighborhood leisure without identifying the people shown.
Research note: Faces are visible and may require likeness review; copyright status, personal permissions, and any property considerations should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 New York 8mm home movies, adults gathered outdoors, mid-century social visit, man in glasses, women in dresses, and candid family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other New York 1948 home movies, then with broader 1940s outdoor gathering and family-social footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adults sit together outdoors while a man in glasses turns toward the group.

1948 New York outdoor gathering with a smiling man in glasses, seated women, and one raised hand near a pale wall. — A man in glasses smiles toward the camera while seated women converse behind him.

1948 New York home-movie frame showing a man in glasses leaning toward a woman in a sleeveless dress as another woman looks on. — The seated group shifts attention as the man in glasses leans toward a woman beside him.

1948 New York outdoor social scene with seated adults, a man bending forward, and two women facing the camera near a pale wall. — Women face the camera while a man in glasses bends forward during the gathering.

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