New York-1954: Women In Elegant Dresses At Formal Dinner

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

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Women In Elegant Dresses At Formal Dinner — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1954 captures two young women in elegant dresses at a formal dinner. One woman in a blue satin dress with a white corsage sits beside a companion in a lavender gown, both engaged in conversation at a table set with white linens and glassware. The warm, slightly grainy footage shows them laughing and leaning in, their 1950s hairstyles and pearl earrings reflecting the era's glamour. The intimate, candid moment evokes the nostalgia of mid-century social gatherings.

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: 124929111

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: Supports archival requests for 1950s New York social life, formal dinners, women’s fashion, and candid home-movie party atmosphere for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: Visible period clues include satin and lavender formal dresses, corsage, short styled hair, pearl-like earrings, white table linens, cups, glassware, and warm indoor banquet lighting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip’s value is in its unstaged interaction as women lean, smile, turn toward each other, and appear to converse during a seated formal gathering.
What appears in frame: Frames show two young women at a dinner table, a blue satin dress with white corsage, a lavender gown, white tablecloths, cups, glassware, pitchers, and upholstered chairs.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color warmth, handheld framing, and dark frame edges that emphasize its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, social-event cutaway, memory beat, or transition into mid-century celebration, dining, fashion, or nightlife material.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects a mid-century formal social setting, with attention on women’s dress, table presentation, and candid interaction rather than a public event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright status, likeness permissions, property context, and any event identification should be reviewed before commercial use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s New York formal dinner home movie, women in evening dresses, corsage at banquet table, and 8mm party footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1954 New York interiors, then related 1950s parties, dinners, dances, and formalwear scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York home-movie frame showing women in formal dresses seated beside a table with cups, glassware, pitchers, and white linens. — Two women sit close together at a formal dinner table, with one leaning on her hand beside table settings.

1954 New York frame with a woman in a blue satin dress and corsage moving past another woman seated at a formal dinner table. — A woman in a blue satin dress and corsage turns near the table as another guest sits behind her.

A 1954 New York dinner scene shows a woman in a lavender dress seated beside white linens and glassware as another guest leans into frame. — The seated woman looks toward a nearby guest at the formal dinner table.

1954 New York home-movie frame of a blue satin dress and corsage in the foreground, with a seated woman and formal table settings behind. — A woman in blue stands close to the table while the seated woman remains partly visible behind her.

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