New York-1954: Guests at Formal Dinner Party

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

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Guests at Formal Dinner Party — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1954: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a formal dinner party, with guests in 1950s attire seated at a long table. A woman in a black patterned dress and pearl necklace is seen eating, while men in suits and ties converse and drink. The scene includes a young man in a suit with a white boutonniere, suggesting a celebratory event like a wedding reception. The footage shows natural film grain, slight camera shake, and warm, slightly faded colors characteristic of 8mm film from the era. The atmosphere is intimate and social, with guests engaged in conversation and dining.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124928726

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 1950s New York home-movie footage for productions needing a formal dinner party, reception, or family celebration interior.
Period detail: Men in suits and narrow ties, women in dressy evening clothes, pearls, corsages, and table service may show mid-1950s social occasion style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged guests eating, drinking, turning toward one another, and reacting naturally at crowded banquet tables.
What appears in frame: Visible details include seated guests, suits and ties, dresses, pearl jewelry, corsages, drinking glasses, plates of food, and a restaurant or banquet-room interior.
Film character: The 8mm footage has warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve a private home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reception cutaway, family-memory insert, social-life transition, or brief table-conversation beat.
Historical context: The clip documents a formal group meal in a private interior, with guests arranged at tables in attire consistent with a celebratory gathering.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s dinner party home movie, New York reception guests, vintage banquet table, and 8mm family celebration footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel reception shots, then other New York 1954 material, then broader 1950s dining, wedding, or family-party footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York home-movie frame showing adults at a formal dinner table, including men in suits and a woman in a patterned black dress with pearls. — Guests sit close together at a banquet table with glasses and plates in front of them.

1954 New York home-movie frame with a young man in a gray suit and white boutonniere seated at a formal dinner table. — A suited guest with a boutonniere sits at the table during the gathering.

1954 New York home-movie frame showing a young woman in blue with a corsage seated at a dinner table in a banquet-room interior. — A young woman wearing a corsage turns while seated at the dinner table.

1954 New York home-movie frame showing young adults seated at a formal dinner table, with corsages, suits, food, and glasses visible. — Young guests sit together at a crowded reception-style table with food and drinks.

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