New York-1949: Family Dinner With The Good China Plates Grandpa Is The First To

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

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Family Dinner With The Good China Plates Grandpa Is The... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1949 captures a family dinner in New York, featuring a formally set table with fine china plates, patterned glasses, and a white tablecloth. The scene includes a man in a suit sipping from a small glass, likely whiskey, while a woman smiles in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a mid-century American family gathering.

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: 124882389

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 requests needing 1940s New York home-movie material of a family dinner, formal table setting, and domestic celebration for documentary or editorial context.
Period detail: The white tablecloth, good china, stemware, patterned glasses, suit, tie, and bottled drinks may show a formal late-1940s family meal in a private interior.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal family observation: a table being filmed before the meal and an older man taking a drink while another adult smiles nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a set dining table, china plates, folded napkins, glasses, bottles, a roasted dish, flowers or stalks in a vase, and adults seated indoors.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm color, uneven exposure, gate edges, dust marks, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, memory beat, or transition into a sequence about family meals, mid-century interiors, or private celebrations.
Historical context: The footage presents a formal family dinner setting in a private New York home, showing social dining rituals without identifying the occasion or participants.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may apply separately from any copyright status or stock license review.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1949 New York family dinner 8mm, mid-century home movie table setting, good china dinner, or grandfather drinking at family meal.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other New York 1949 home movies, then broader family gathering or mid-century dining footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 New York home-movie frame showing a formally set dinner table with china plates, folded napkins, stemware, and small jars. — A formal dinner table is filmed before or during the meal, with china and glassware arranged on a white cloth.

1949 New York home-movie frame with a slightly shifted view of the formal table setting, including plates, napkins, glasses, and jars. — The camera returns to the formal place settings, emphasizing the china, glassware, and white tablecloth.

1949 New York home-movie frame showing the dinner table after serving, with bottles, jars, glasses, a roasted dish, and tall stems in a vase. — Bottles, serving dishes, and table decorations fill the dinner table during the family gathering.

1949 New York home-movie frame of an older man in a suit sipping from a small glass, with another adult smiling in the background. — An older man in a suit takes a drink at the table as another adult smiles behind him.

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