New York-1957: Guests Dancing At A Formal Banquet With Waiter Serving Bread

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Guests Dancing At A Formal Banquet With Waiter Serving Bread — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1957: A vintage 8mm film captures a formal banquet dance in a dimly lit hall. Guests in elegant 1950s attire, including a man in a tuxedo and women in dark dresses, dance closely under warm candlelight. A waiter in a red jacket and black bow tie carries a tray of bread rolls, offering refreshments to the guests. The footage, with its characteristic film grain and color saturation, evokes a nostalgic atmosphere of mid-century social gatherings and classic Americana.

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: 124882786

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s New York home-movie footage suited to requests for formal banquet dancing, mid-century social gatherings, waiter service, or elegant evening event cutaways.
Period detail: The tuxedo, dark formal dresses, red-jacketed waiter, tray service, and saturated 8mm color support a late-1950s banquet or dinner-dance setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its close, handheld view of guests dancing and a waiter moving through a crowded, dim hall.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dancing couples, tuxedos, dark evening dresses, a red service jacket, bread rolls on trays, seated guests, eyeglasses, and low event lighting.
Film character: The footage shows warm color, visible grain, soft focus, flash-like exposure shifts, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, social-event cutaway, transition into a banquet sequence, or memory beat for mid-century nightlife.
Historical context: The scene documents a formal social occasion where dinner service and close dancing share the same crowded interior space.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and context review may be needed separately from any copyright or source-footage licensing questions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s New York banquet dancing, 8mm formal dinner dance, vintage waiter serving bread, and mid-century home movie reception.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other material from the same reel, then with New York 1957 social footage, then with banquet, dancing, waiter, and formal-event scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 New York banquet scene with a red-jacketed waiter carrying bread rolls as formally dressed guests dance nearby. — A waiter carrying bread rolls passes through a crowded formal dance floor.

1957 New York formal banquet view with a tuxedoed man, red-jacketed waiter, bread trays, and guests in dark evening clothing. — A tuxedoed guest stands close to waiter service during the banquet dance.

1957 New York banquet footage showing bread trays above the crowd and a man in glasses in a soft, close foreground view. — Bread trays and formal guests fill a crowded, dimly lit banquet frame.

1957 New York banquet dance with a tuxedoed man and woman in a black dress dancing closely in low light. — A couple dances closely during the formal banquet gathering.

Visually Similar Clips