New York-1949: Person Sitting In Living Room At Night Listening To Radio

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

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Person Sitting In Living Room At Night Listening To Radio — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1949 captures a quiet evening in a New York living room. The scene opens on a glowing Art Deco floor lamp casting a warm light on a textured wall, next to a framed landscape painting. The camera pans down to reveal a wooden table with a vintage radio and a small clock. A person's hand rests on the table, suggesting they are sitting and listening. The footage shows classic mid-century decor with muted colors and the characteristic grain of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorNight
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: 124881767

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: Useful for 1940s New York domestic-life requests needing a quiet living-room radio-listening insert or intimate home-interior cutaway.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century decor cues, including a shaded floor lamp, textured wall, framed landscape print, tabletop radio, small clock, and upholstered seating.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged home-movie value in its lingering pan across a private room toward a seated person's resting hands near the radio.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a glowing floor lamp, framed wall art, textured blue-gray wall, tabletop radio, small clock, sofa edge, and a person's hand.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, handheld drift, and warm lamp bloom that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic cutaway, radio-era insert, or quiet transition into a private evening scene.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a private postwar-era living room and home entertainment setting without identifying the residents or a specific address.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1949 New York home movie, 8mm living room radio, mid-century interior at night, and person listening to radio.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1949 New York interiors, then broader 1940s home-radio and domestic-evening footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 New York home-movie frame showing a lit floor lamp, textured wall, and framed landscape art in a private living room. — A shaded floor lamp glows beside framed wall art on a textured living-room wall.

The camera holds on a lit floor lamp and framed wall picture in a 1949 New York private living-room interior. — The living-room wall is lit by a floor lamp with a framed landscape print nearby.

1949 New York home-movie frame showing a tabletop radio, small clock, framed art, and part of a sofa in a private living room. — The pan drops to a tabletop radio and small clock beneath the framed wall picture.

A 1949 New York living-room frame shows a radio and clock on a table with a seated person's hands visible at the sofa edge. — A seated person's hands appear beside the radio and clock at the edge of the sofa.

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