New York-1949: Man and Woman Dancing Closely

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

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Man and Woman Dancing Closely — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1949: A young couple dances closely in a dimly lit room, captured on vintage 8mm film. The man wears a dark suit, white shirt, and tie with round-rimmed glasses, while the woman, in a dark dress and glasses, rests her head on his shoulder. They smile and embrace, their movements gentle and intimate. The footage shows natural film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, personal home movie from the late 1940s.

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: 124882146

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 documentary or museum edits needing 1949 New York home-movie footage of adults dancing at a private indoor gathering.
Period detail: The formal suit, tie, dresses, eyeglasses, dim room, and 8mm color stock support a late-1940s domestic social setting.
Home-movie behavior: The couple and nearby woman appear relaxed and unstaged, with close embraces and glances that preserve an intimate home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults dancing, eyeglasses, a dark suit and tie, dark dresses, arms around shoulders, wall paneling, curtains, and dim indoor light.
Film character: The clip has warm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, domestic-life insert, or transition into postwar-era social scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents private adult social dancing in New York in 1949 without showing identifiable public landmarks or named events.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1949 New York home movie dancing couple, 8mm indoor party adults, and late 1940s private social gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel interiors, then other 1949 New York home movies, then broader mid-century dancing or domestic gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1949 New York home-movie footage, a woman in glasses dances closely with a suited man in a dim interior. — A woman and suited man dance face to face in a dim private room.

A woman in glasses rests near a suited man while dancing closely in a dim New York interior from 1949 footage. — The dancing pair turns, with the woman's face visible near the man's shoulder.

The camera catches the back of a suited dancer and a woman's arm around his shoulder in 1949 home-movie footage. — A close handheld angle shows the couple's embrace from behind.

A smiling woman holds a suited man around the shoulders during close indoor dancing in supported 1949 New York footage. — The couple remains in a close dance, with the woman's arms around the man's shoulders.

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