New York-1949: Friends at Dinner Party

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

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Friends at Dinner Party — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1949: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively dinner party scene. The footage opens with a close-up of a textured purple fabric, then shifts to a dimly lit room where a man smokes a cigarette. A woman in a black dress and multi-strand pearl necklace gestures animatedly, followed by a warm close-up of an older woman smiling. The final shot shows a man smoking, with bottles and glasses visible in the background, all rendered in the grainy, color-bleached style of 1940s home movie film.

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: 124882128

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 documentary or museum edits needing late-1940s New York home-movie material of adults socializing at an indoor dinner party.
Period detail: Visible era clues include formal dark clothing, pearls, cigarettes, bottles, glassware, and the color texture of 8mm home-movie footage from the stated 1949 setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures relaxed, unstaged adult interaction as people talk, gesture, smile, smoke, and gather around a private interior table.
What appears in frame: The frames show purple fabric, a seated smoker, a woman in pearls, a smiling older woman, bottles, glasses, plates, and dim household walls.
Film character: The footage has heavy grain, uneven exposure, soft focus, dark framing, and color fading that read as authentic scanned 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, social-life cutaway, transition, or intimate memory beat for postwar family and friendship scenes.
Historical context: The imagery documents a private adult gathering where smoking, drinking, conversation, and formal dress appear as part of everyday social ritual.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness, privacy, and property considerations.
Research search match: Searches such as 1949 New York home movie dinner party, 8mm adults smoking indoors, and vintage family friends drinking may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1949 New York home movies, then with indoor dinner party, smoking, and family social footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 New York home-movie frame showing a close, dark view of textured purple fabric near a pale green indoor wall. — Close-up of textured fabric and interior wall at the start of the dinner-party footage.

1949 New York home-movie frame with a cropped adult in dark clothing holding a cigarette in a private interior. — A cropped adult figure holds a cigarette during the indoor gathering.

1949 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in a dark dress with layered pearls gesturing in a private room. — A woman wearing layered pearls gestures while speaking at the gathering.

1949 New York home-movie frame showing a man smoking at an indoor table with bottles, glasses, and food nearby. — A man smokes beside bottles and tableware during the dinner-party scene.

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