New York-1954: Young Couple Dancing At A Wedding In A Banquet Hall

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

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Young Couple Dancing At A Wedding In A Banquet Hall — Clip Details

A young couple dances at a 1954 wedding reception in New York, captured on 8mm film. The groom wears a dark suit with a white boutonniere, while the bride is in a white strapless gown with a full skirt. They move gracefully in a banquet hall with wood-paneled walls and simple chairs. The footage shows natural film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, intimate moment from a mid-century American celebration.

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: 124929079

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 requests seeking 1950s New York home-movie wedding reception footage for documentary, museum, education, or period social-life edits.
Period detail: The formal suit, white boutonniere, strapless full-skirt bridal gown, banquet chairs, and warm interior decor support a mid-1950s reception setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-view moment as the couple dance closely while the handheld camera follows partial gestures and faces.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bride, groom, boutonniere, full white gown, banquet chairs, wood-paneled walls, tableware, and bottles on a reception table.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color, grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld movement that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, wedding-reception insert, mid-century social cutaway, or transition within family celebration sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows a formal wedding reception as a private social gathering, with attention on the couple rather than a public ceremony or landmark.
Research note: Visible faces, a private interior, and identifiable wedding attire may require likeness and property review separate from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1954 New York wedding reception 8mm, 1950s bride and groom dancing, banquet hall home movie, and vintage family celebration footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then New York 1954 material, then broader 1950s wedding, dancing, and family celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1954 New York wedding footage, a young groom in a dark suit and bride in a white gown appear close together in a banquet hall. — Bride and groom pause near banquet seating during the reception.

The bride's strapless white gown fills the frame as she dances with the groom in a dim banquet hall setting. — The bride and groom dance, with the bride's full skirt prominent in the frame.

A close handheld view centers on the bride's full white wedding skirt as movement continues in the reception room. — The camera drops to the bride's skirt during the dance.

The groom in a dark suit and the bride in a white gown hold hands beside a banquet table in the 1954 New York reception footage. — The couple holds hands near a table set with bottles and dishes.

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