New York-1949: A Night On The Town Couple Gets Caught In A Local Electricity

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

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A Night On The Town Couple Gets Caught In A Local... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1949 captures a man and woman in formal attire during a nighttime gathering in New York. The man wears a dark suit and patterned tie, while the woman is dressed in a dark outfit with a distinctive blue and black patterned headscarf. They stand close together in a dimly lit room with a teal wall and a framed picture in the background. The couple appears to be engaged in conversation, with subtle shifts in their expressions and posture across the frames. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color characteristics, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from the late 1940s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 124882326

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 home-movie requests needing a brief interior social moment with formally dressed adults at night.
Period detail: The dark suit, patterned tie, modest dress, and blue patterned headscarf support a late-1940s domestic gathering, with the 1949 New York setting supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the candid closeness of two adults shifting their gaze and posture under a small light source rather than posing for a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark suit, a woman in a patterned headscarf, teal interior wall, framed wall art, dark doorway, and uneven indoor lighting.
Film character: The clip has 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, saturated color, and slight handheld framing across the short moment.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, interior cutaway, or transition for nightlife, family gathering, blackout, or late-1940s urban domestic sequences.
Historical context: The frames suggest a private indoor social setting where formal clothing and close handheld filming record everyday adult interaction rather than a public event.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may require review separate from any copyright status of the footage.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 New York 8mm home movie couple indoors, late-1940s formal adults, woman in headscarf, and dim interior gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1949 New York interiors, then related clips of night outings, couples, or home gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1949 New York home-movie frame, a formally dressed man stands near a woman in a patterned headscarf against a teal wall. — Two adults stand close together in a dim room, the man facing the camera and the woman partly turned toward it.

The woman turns toward the man while he looks forward, both standing near a dark doorway.

A 1949 New York home-movie frame shows the woman lowering her gaze in front of a suited man against a teal interior wall. — The woman drops her gaze in the foreground as the man remains behind her, softly lit by the camera light.

The woman in a patterned headscarf moves close to the lens while the suited man remains visible behind her in a New York interior. — The woman passes close to the camera, partially blocking the suited man in the background.

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