New York-1949: Couple Dancing While Holding Hands And Chatting

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

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Couple Dancing While Holding Hands And Chatting — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1949 captures a romantic couple dancing in a dimly lit indoor setting. The woman, wearing a bright yellow sweater and a patterned scarf, embraces her partner in a gray suit. Their hands are clasped as they move together, sharing smiles and laughter. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural film grain and warm color tones, evoking a nostalgic 1940s atmosphere. The couple's joyful expressions and intimate connection are central to the scene, offering authentic archival footage for historical or emotional storytelling.

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: 124882140

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s New York home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing an intimate indoor social dance moment with adults visible.
Period detail: The men's suits, ties, woman's yellow sweater and scarf, warm indoor lighting, and 8mm color look support a late-1940s home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged closeness as adults dance, hold hands, smile, and talk within a private indoor gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancing couple, clasped hands, gray suit, patterned ties, yellow sweater, scarf, smiling faces, and dark interior curtains or walls.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and contact-print-like frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, intimate cutaway, social-life insert, or transition into a postwar domestic gathering sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows adult social dancing in a private interior, offering visual context for mid-century leisure and personal relationships without identifying the subjects.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property permissions may require review separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1949 New York 8mm couple dancing, 1940s home movie indoor dance, adults holding hands, and vintage social gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1949 interiors, and then with broader 1940s home-movie dancing or couples footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 New York 8mm frame of adults dancing indoors, with a suited man seen from behind and another face partly visible beyond him. — A close, obstructed view of adults dancing in a dim interior.

1949 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in a yellow sweater and scarf dancing in a dark private interior. — The woman is seen from behind while dancing indoors.

1949 New York 8mm frame of a woman in a yellow sweater dancing with a smiling man in a gray suit and patterned tie. — The couple faces each other while dancing and talking.

1949 New York frame of a smiling woman in a yellow sweater and scarf beside a smiling suited man in a private indoor setting. — Both adults smile as they stand close during the dance.

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