New York-1954: Couple Dances In Formal Attire At Festive Evening Event

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

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Couple Dances In Formal Attire At Festive Evening Event — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1954 captures a formal evening event in New York. A woman in a black dress and glasses dances with a man in a tuxedo, their movements captured in grainy, nostalgic footage. The dimly lit scene features a decorative tree and ornate metalwork, evoking the elegance of mid-century social gatherings. The couple's interaction and the film's characteristic grain and color saturation highlight the era's home movie aesthetic.

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: 124929328

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: 1950s New York home-movie footage for productions needing a brief formal-dance or evening-social insert with visible adults in period dress.
Period detail: The tuxedo, dark cocktail dress, eyeglasses, polished shoes, table linens, decorative tinsel tree and ornate metalwork may show mid-century formal event styling.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged guest-level view of adults dancing close together while the handheld camera catches partial bodies, turns and nearby decor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancing couple, black formal clothing, tuxedo bow tie, eyeglasses, polished shoes, tinsel-like decoration, table linens and wrought metal detail.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, coarse grain, dim exposure, gate shadowing, contact-sheet framing and handheld softness that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, social-event cutaway, mid-century nightlife insert or transition between family gathering scenes.
Historical context: The scene suggests a private or semi-private formal evening gathering in New York, with adults dressed for dancing in a dim interior 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: Useful searches include 1950s New York formal dance home movie, 8mm tuxedo couple dancing, vintage evening event interior and mid-century social gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1954 New York interiors, then with formal dancing or mid-century party footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York home-movie frame showing cropped dancers' legs, black formal attire, polished shoes and decorative metalwork in low light. — Cropped lower-body view of formal dancers near ornate metalwork.

1954 New York frame with cropped adults in dark formal clothing, shoes and movement across a dimly lit event floor. — Adults in dark formal wear move across the event floor.

1954 New York home-movie frame of a woman in glasses and a black dress dancing near a tuxedoed man and shiny decorations. — Woman in glasses dances beside a tuxedoed man under shiny decorations.

1954 New York frame showing a woman in a black dress dancing with a man in a tuxedo in a decorated interior. — A woman in black dances with a man in a tuxedo at the formal gathering.

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