New York-1957: Woman in Blue Dress Laughs with Three Men in Suits at Dinner Party

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

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Woman in Blue Dress Laughs with Three Men in Suits at... — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1957: A woman in a blue dress laughs with three men in black suits at a formal dinner party. The vintage 8mm film captures candid moments of celebration, with guests holding drinks and smiling under warm, dim lighting. The scene exudes mid-century elegance and social joy, with a focus on the group's interaction and the period's fashion. The final frames show a draped ceiling, suggesting an upscale venue. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s social life and home movie culture.

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: 124882843

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1950s New York social-life footage of adults at a formal dinner party.
Period detail: Men in dark suits, narrow ties, eyeglasses, a blue dress, cocktail glasses, and dim banquet-room lighting support a mid-century formal gathering.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in candid home-movie interaction, with adults laughing, leaning together, drinking, and briefly posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated guests, a woman in a blue dress, men in suits, cocktail glasses, table settings, floral decor, and a draped ceiling.
Film character: The 8mm footage has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of informal indoor filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, social-event insert, or transition from faces at dinner to the venue interior.
Historical context: The clip shows adult guests in formal dress at an indoor celebration, suggesting mid-century urban social customs without identifying the event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s New York home movies, formal dinner party footage, adults drinking at banquet, and 8mm social gathering scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel dinner footage, then New York 1957 material, then other mid-century party or banquet interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 New York home-movie frame of adults at a formal dinner table, including a woman in a blue dress leaning toward men in suits. — Guests gather closely at a dimly lit formal dinner table.

1957 New York dinner-party moment with a laughing woman in a blue dress beside three seated men in dark suits. — A woman laughs with men in suits during the dinner gathering.

Home-movie frame showing the draped ceiling and dim interior of the New York dinner venue after the people leave view. — The camera drops toward draped ceiling fabric and the venue interior.

Final 1957 New York home-movie frame focused on draped ceiling fabric and wall panels inside the formal venue. — Draped ceiling fabric fills the final view of the room.

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