New York-1949: Family Dinner Gathering with Candlelight and Polka-Dot Dress

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

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Family Dinner Gathering with Candlelight and Polka-Dot Dress — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1949 captures a warm, intimate family dinner in New York. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows several people gathered around a dining table, illuminated by candlelight and a soft, warm glow. A woman in a polka-dot dress stands and leans over the table, serving food, while others are seated, including a woman in a yellow sweater. The scene is set indoors with window blinds visible in the background, creating a nostalgic, candid moment of mid-century domestic life.

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: 124881965

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 an intimate family dinner, candlelit table scene, or mid-century home-movie memory beat.
Period detail: The candlelit dining table, window blinds, dresses, lipstick, and home interior may show late-1940s family gathering details consistent with the 1949 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves informal, unstaged movement as people eat, serve food, lean across the table, and briefly notice the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a woman in a yellow sweater, a polka-dot dress, red candles, plates, bowls, glassware, food, window blinds, and a private dining room.
Film character: Color 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, warm candlelight, and handheld framing that give the scene clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a domestic insert, family-memory cutaway, dinner-table transition, or brief establishing beat for mid-century private life.
Historical context: The scene shows a small group sharing a meal indoors, offering visual context for postwar American family or social gatherings without identifying the people.
Research note: People, faces, and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 New York 8mm family dinner, 1940s home movie candlelit meal, mid-century dining room, and vintage private gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1949 New York home interiors, then with broader 1940s family meals, celebrations, or domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 New York home-movie frame showing adults at a candlelit dinner table, with a woman in a polka-dot dress leaning over the meal. — A woman leans over the table during a candlelit family dinner.

Candlelit New York dinner scene from 1949 showing seated adults around a table with dishes, glassware, and blinds in the background. — Adults sit closely around a table set with dishes and candles.

1949 New York family dinner frame with a woman in a yellow sweater near the camera, food on the table, candles, and adults behind her. — A seated woman turns slightly beside a busy dinner table.

Smiling woman in a yellow sweater at a 1949 New York candlelit dinner table, with dishes, food, and window blinds visible. — A woman smiles toward the camera during the dinner gathering.

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