New York-1954: Three Couples Dancing Near White Banquet Table At Evening Social

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Three Couples Dancing Near White Banquet Table At... — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1954: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a romantic evening social, featuring a young couple dancing closely in a warmly lit indoor setting. The man wears a grey suit and white shirt, while the woman is in a black dress with a low back, her dark hair styled in a classic 1950s updo. They move gracefully near a banquet table set with glassware and food, with another man in a tuxedo visible in the background. The footage exhibits authentic Super 8 film grain, slight motion blur, and warm color tones, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of mid-century social life.

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: 124927909

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 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 1950s New York home-movie requests needing brief social-dance, banquet, or evening-gathering material for documentary, museum, or commercial edits.
Period detail: Formal suits, a tuxedo, a low-back black dress, styled hair, banquet-table service, and warm indoor lighting support a mid-1950s evening-social reading.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid close dancing, glances toward the camera, and informal handheld framing around friends or guests at a private indoor celebration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dancing couples, men's suits, a black dress, a blue dress, banquet chairs, glassware, plates of food, and a textured interior wall.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm color, soft focus, gate edges, dust specks, motion blur, and uneven handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, social-life cutaway, or transition into a mid-century party, wedding, or banquet sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows adult guests socializing and dancing indoors, offering visual context for formal leisure and couple dancing in a mid-century New York home-movie setting.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s New York home movie dancing, 8mm evening social, vintage banquet table, formal couples, or mid-century indoor party footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1954 material, then thematically similar 1950s dances, banquets, and evening socials.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1954 New York home-movie footage, a young couple dances closely in formal clothing near a wall at an indoor evening social. — A couple dances closely near the wall during the indoor gathering.

A woman in a low-back black dress looks toward the camera while dancing with a suited man at a 1950s New York indoor social. — A dancing couple turns toward the camera, with banquet items and another guest behind them.

A partially framed home-movie view shows guests near banquet chairs and table settings during the 1954 New York indoor social. — The camera drifts across chairs, table settings, and partially seen guests.

A suited man dances with a woman in a blue dress beside banquet table settings in supported 1954 New York home-movie footage. — Another couple dances near the table as the handheld camera holds a close view.

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