New York-1949: Man Smiling With Drink In 1940s Home Interior

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 New York

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Man Smiling With Drink In 1940s Home Interior — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1949: A man in a white dress shirt and patterned tie smiles warmly at the camera in a dimly lit room with ornate wallpaper and a radiator. The 8mm film footage captures a candid moment of joy, with a glass of amber liquid visible in the foreground. The grainy texture and slight film damage are characteristic of vintage home movies from the late 1940s, evoking a sense of personal nostalgia and mid-century Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 124877208

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1949 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1949 New York home-movie footage for productions needing a brief domestic social-gathering insert with an adult man smiling and holding a drink.
Period detail: The white dress shirt, patterned tie, radiator, ornate wallpaper, and dim interior may show late-1940s domestic style consistent with the supplied 1949 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears relaxed and responsive to the camera, creating an unstaged family or social moment centered on warmth, attention, and shared company.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, a light dress shirt, patterned tie, amber drink glass, ornate wallpaper, radiator, dark furnishings, and home interior shadows.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkness, and slight jitter that give the moment a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, party cutaway, domestic-life insert, or transition into a mid-century home or social gathering sequence.
Historical context: The clip gives a close domestic view of adult socializing in a private New York interior, without visible brands, landmarks, or identifiable public events.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness and property considerations before use.
Research search match: Useful researcher phrases include 1949 New York home movie man with drink, 1940s domestic interior, smiling man in shirt and tie, and 8mm social gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1949 New York interiors, then broader 1940s home-movie scenes of adult gatherings and drinks.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1949 New York home interior, a man in a light shirt and patterned tie leans near the camera while holding a small amber drink. — A man leans into the close handheld frame with a drink visible beside him.

A smiling man in a light dress shirt and patterned tie leans toward the camera in a dim 1949 New York home interior. — The man smiles as he turns toward the camera in the dark interior.

The man smiles broadly in a close 8mm frame, with a light shirt, patterned tie, wallpaper, and a dim domestic room visible. — A close candid frame catches the man smiling in the home interior.

A man in a light shirt and patterned tie appears beside a radiator in a dim 1949 New York private interior. — The man sits near a radiator as the handheld camera catches the room behind him.

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