New York-1948: Formal Party With Elegantly Dressed Guests

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

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Formal Party With Elegantly Dressed Guests — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a formal gathering in a dimly lit indoor setting. The footage opens with a warm, yellow-tinted frame, then reveals a woman in profile wearing elegant earrings. A man in a suit and glasses appears, followed by a woman in a dark dress with a white collar and a pearl necklace. The sequence culminates in a joyful moment with a smiling woman in the foreground, surrounded by formally dressed guests. The grainy, warm-toned film and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a mid-century social event.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124876900

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 documentary or editorial requests needing 1940s New York home-movie footage of a formal indoor social gathering.
Period detail: The clothing, pearl necklace, suits, dark dress with white collar, and warm 8mm color may show late-1940s formal party style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in candid, unstaged party moments, with guests turning, talking, and smiling in a dim interior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include formally dressed adults, a pearl necklace, eyeglasses, a white-collared dress, dark interior space, and warm yellow film leader or wall color.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld 8mm framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, social-life cutaway, or transition into mid-century urban family and party scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects a private or semi-private formal gathering, but the exact occasion and identities of guests are not established by the frames.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; copyright status is separate from any personal or venue permissions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s New York formal party home movie, vintage 8mm social gathering, and mid-century dressed guests indoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then 1948 New York material, then broader formal party or mid-century social-life clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Warm yellow 8mm frame with dark edges, likely a transitional or underexposed opening moment from the 1948 New York reel. — Yellow-toned opening frame with dark film borders.

In dim 1948 New York home-movie footage, a suited man with glasses sits near a woman wearing a dark dress with a white collar. — Formally dressed guests seen in low interior light.

A small group of formally dressed adults appears in a dark interior, including a woman wearing pearls and a white-collared dress. — Guests gather in formal attire during the indoor party.

A smiling woman appears in the foreground while other formally dressed adults stand behind her in the dim 1948 New York party scene. — A smiling guest in the foreground closes the short party sequence.

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