New York-1949: Woman Serves Green Beans And Eats Dinner At Home

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

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Woman Serves Green Beans And Eats Dinner At Home — Clip Details

A woman in a blue and white polka dot dress serves green beans from a white bowl during a 1949 family dinner in New York. The 8mm home movie captures intimate moments of a woman passing food to a man in a striped shirt, with a lamp and fruit bowl visible in the background. The footage shows natural interactions and domestic life in the late 1940s, with warm lighting and vintage film grain. The woman then sits and begins to eat, her expression focused on the meal. The scene reflects mid-century American family dining, with period-appropriate clothing and household details.

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: 124881917

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

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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 edits needing intimate family dinner footage, food service, or mid-century home interior detail.
Period detail: The dress, table setting, lamp, venetian blinds, and warm indoor lighting support a late-1940s home-movie view of a private dining room.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged gesture of a woman passing green beans at the table, then settling into the meal among family members.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white serving bowl of green beans, a woman in a blue polka-dot dress, seated adults, a table lamp, fruit bowl, venetian blinds, flowers, and a dining table.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, warm indoor exposure, handheld framing, visible grain, and contact-print density changes that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, cutaway, or memory beat for family meals, postwar home life, food sharing, or private domestic routines.
Historical context: The clip shows a private household meal and may help illustrate everyday mid-century American dining habits without making claims about the family's identity or occasion.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright status should be checked separately from likeness, privacy, and property considerations.
Research search match: Search matches include 1949 New York home movie dinner, 8mm family meal, woman serving green beans, mid-century dining room, and 1940s domestic life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1949 New York interiors, then broader 1940s family meal or home dining footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1949 New York home interior, a woman in a blue polka-dot dress serves green beans beside a seated man at dinner. — A woman serves green beans from a white bowl during a family dinner.

The woman continues serving food at a 1949 New York dinner table, with a seated man, table lamp, and fruit bowl in the room. — Food is passed across the table in a warmly lit dining room.

A woman in a blue polka-dot dress sits by venetian blinds and flowers during the 1949 New York home dinner scene. — The woman settles near the window after serving food.

At the end of the 1949 New York dinner clip, the woman looks down toward her meal beside venetian blinds in a private home. — The woman begins eating at the dinner table.

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