New York-1954: Couples Dressed In Nice Clothing Dancing With Each Other While At

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

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Couples Dressed In Nice Clothing Dancing With Each Other... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1954 captures a couple dancing at a New York party. The man wears a textured brown suit jacket and dark trousers, while his partner is in a light-colored knee-length dress. The grainy, warm-toned footage shows them moving closely on a carpeted floor, with other guests and a table with drinks visible in the background. The handheld camera follows their movement, creating a candid, nostalgic glimpse into mid-century social life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 124928272

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 social-life sequences needing candid home-movie footage of adults dancing at an indoor party.
Period detail: The formal suits, knee-length dress, table seating and warm 8mm color may show mid-century party dress and domestic entertaining style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the close, unstaged party perspective, with the handheld camera catching dancers, guests and partial faces as they move through a crowded room.
What appears in frame: Visible details include dancing adults, a textured brown suit jacket, light dress fabric, seated guests, a table with drinks, upholstered chairs and carpeted interior space.
Film character: The clip has warm home-movie color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure and handheld framing that give the party scene physical 8mm texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition or memory beat for mid-century parties, family celebrations, dancing or urban social life.
Historical context: The scene documents adults gathering and dancing indoors, offering visual context for informal social entertainment and dress in a 1950s home-movie setting.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1954 New York 8mm home movie party dancing, 1950s couples dancing indoors, and vintage family celebration footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1954 material, then broader 1950s home-movie party and dancing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1954 New York home-movie frame, adults in dress clothing move across a carpeted indoor party floor. — Dancers pass close to the handheld camera on a carpeted party floor.

A suited adult dances in a crowded indoor New York party scene, with seated guests and drinks visible in the background. — A dancer in a brown jacket moves near seated guests at the party.

A couple dances closely in an indoor 1954 New York party frame, with another guest seated behind them. — The camera catches a close view of a couple dancing in the crowded room.

Adults dance and talk in a close, soft-focused 1954 New York party frame, partly blocked by a foreground guest. — A close party view shows dancers and guests crowded into the frame.

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