New York-1954: Woman Opens Gift Reveals Yellow Purse at Formal Party

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

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Woman Opens Gift Reveals Yellow Purse at Formal Party — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1954: A young woman in a black dress and glasses opens a gift box at a formal party, revealing a bright yellow handbag. She lifts the purse triumphantly as another woman watches, surrounded by a stack of presents. The scene captures a moment of excitement and luxury in a dimly lit, elegant setting, with guests in formal attire. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie footage showcases classic 1950s fashion and social gatherings, with warm color tones and natural film grain.

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: 124928988

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 edits needing formal party gift-opening footage with visible fashion, accessories, and home-movie intimacy.
Period detail: The scene shows mid-century formalwear, cat-eye glasses, wrapped gifts, and a structured yellow handbag consistent with the supplied 1954 New York metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged party moment as a woman opens a gift, lifts the purse for others to see, and reacts among nearby guests.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women in formal dresses, a white gift box, wrapped presents, a yellow handbag, eyeglasses, a fur stole, and dim party guests.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve a domestic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, lifestyle insert, fashion cutaway, or transition within a sequence about gifts, parties, or 1950s social rituals.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a private formal gathering where gift presentation and women’s accessories are central, without identifying the event or participants.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Searches for 1954 New York home movie, 1950s formal party gifts, woman opening handbag gift, yellow purse, and vintage 8mm social gathering may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel party footage, then other 1954 New York interiors, then broader 1950s gift, fashion, and formal social-gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1954 New York home-movie footage, women in formal dresses gather as a white gift box is opened beside stacked presents. — A woman begins opening a gift box while guests watch at a formal party.

A young woman raises a structured yellow purse from its box during a formal 1954 New York party, with guests and presents around her. — The gift recipient lifts a yellow handbag from the open box.

At the formal party, the woman stands by the open box and stacked presents after revealing the handbag, with another guest seen from behind. — The recipient smiles beside the open box and stacked presents.

The party scene continues as the recipient holds or adjusts a light wrap near the open gift box, surrounded by formally dressed guests. — Guests gather around the open present as the recipient adjusts her wrap.

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