New York-1950: Man Walking Through Park With Fire Pit Gathering

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Year1950
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1950 New York

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Man Walking Through Park With Fire Pit Gathering — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1950, this vintage home movie captures a man in a blue cardigan and trousers walking through a wooded park area in New York. He carries a dark jacket as he moves past picnic tables and trees, with other people visible in the foreground. The scene transitions to a fire burning in a stone fire pit, with individuals gathered around. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 color grading and film grain, evoking a nostalgic 1950s family outing.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124924112

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: 1950 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 1950s New York home-movie requests needing a park outing, pedestrian movement, or fire-pit gathering for documentary, museum, or editorial inserts.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color, picnic tables, wooded park setting, and simple stone fire pit may show mid-century leisure activity in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as people move casually through a park and gather near an outdoor fire rather than posing for a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a blue cardigan, trees, picnic tables, foreground adults, a woman with a bag, a stone fire pit, stacked wood, and open flames.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, muted color, and uneven exposure that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, park-life cutaway, transition from walking to gathering, or visual insert for mid-century recreation.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for informal outdoor social time, with adults in a wooded public setting around benches and a fire pit.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s New York park home movie, 8mm fire pit gathering, man walking through park, and mid-century outdoor picnic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1950 New York park footage, and then with broader home-movie scenes of outdoor gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1950 New York home-movie footage, a man in a blue cardigan carries a dark jacket through a wooded park area. — A man walks past trees and picnic tables in a wooded park setting.

Adults gather near the camera while a man in a blue cardigan walks toward them in a New York park scene from 1950. — Foreground adults partially frame a man walking toward the group.

A small group stands near a stone fire pit in the wooded New York park, with one woman holding a bag or folded item. — People gather near the fire pit area during the park outing.

A fire burns in a stone fire pit as people stand close by in the wooded New York park setting. — Open flames and stacked wood mark the fire-pit gathering.

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