New York-1948: Elegant Couples In Formal Attire At A 1940s Social Event

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Elegant Couples In Formal Attire At A 1940s Social Event — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a formal evening gathering, with well-dressed individuals in elegant attire. A man in a dark suit and tie smiles warmly beside a woman adorned with a sparkling headpiece and earrings. The grainy, low-light footage shows people in motion, their faces illuminated by artificial light, conveying a sense of celebration and social elegance. The film's characteristic grain and color saturation evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a glimpse into mid-century high society events.

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: 124876954

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s New York social-history edits needing brief home-movie views of formally dressed adults at an evening gathering.
Period detail: The dark suits, ties, formal dresses, earrings, glasses, and decorative headpieces may show late-1940s urban event attire consistent with the supplied 1948 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid, close-range recording of adults smiling, walking, greeting, and passing through the camera's low-light field of view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in dark suits, women in formal dresses, eyeglasses, earrings, a sparkling headpiece, dark evening surroundings, and faces lit by direct camera light.
Film character: The clip has the dense grain, saturated color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage shot in low light.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century nightlife, family celebration, or formal social-gathering sequences.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for adult social dress and interpersonal behavior at a formal New York gathering without identifying the venue, event, or participants.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and possible privacy review may be needed separately from copyright or source-film licensing, with no visible logos or audible music indicated.
Research search match: Researcher searches this may match include 1948 New York formal event home movie, 1940s evening social gathering, vintage 8mm elegant couples, and mid-century party footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other New York 1948 home movies, and then with thematically similar formal-attire or social-event footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 New York home-movie footage, a man in a dark suit smiles beside a woman in formal dress with a light headpiece as other adults stand nearby in low light. — Smiling couple at a formal evening gathering.

A dark, partially obscured 1948 New York frame shows adults in formal clothing, with the back of a man's head and white collar prominent at the right edge. — Partially obscured guests in low light.

A woman in formal attire faces the camera while a man with glasses and a tie stands behind her in low-light 1948 New York home-movie footage. — Formal guests facing the camera.

A woman wearing a decorative headpiece and earrings walks beside a man in glasses and a dark suit, with other formal guests partly visible in the 1948 New York scene. — Couple walking through the evening crowd.

Visually Similar Clips