New York-1954: Man And Woman In Nice Dress Clothes Dancing With Each Other At A

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

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Man And Woman In Nice Dress Clothes Dancing With Each... — Clip Details

A young couple dances closely in a dimly lit restaurant or banquet hall, captured on 8mm film in 1954. The woman wears a white strapless dress with ruffled details, her hair styled in an elegant updo, while the man is in a brown suit jacket. They move gracefully across the floor, their hands clasped, surrounded by tables with white tablecloths, glassware, and bottles. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a formal evening event. The sequence ends with a blank frame, typical of vintage home movie reels.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 124929918

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 requests for 1950s New York home-movie footage of a formal evening dance or restaurant celebration for documentary, museum, or period social-life edits.
Period detail: The strapless dress, suit jacket, white tablecloths, glassware, and upholstered dining chairs may show mid-1950s formal nightlife or banquet styling.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged closeness of two adults dancing while the handheld camera watches from inside a private social gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancing couple, white dress, brown suit jacket, banquet tables, glassware, bottles, red-backed chairs, and a blank end frame.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for scenes about romance, parties, nightlife, or family celebrations in the 1950s.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests an adult formal social occasion in an indoor restaurant or banquet room without confirming the event, venue, or identities.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s New York home movie dancing, 8mm formal party couple, vintage restaurant dance, and midcentury banquet footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 New York interiors, then related formal-dance or evening-party home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York 8mm frame of a young woman in a white strapless dress dancing with a man in a brown suit jacket near banquet tables. — A couple dances closely in a dim restaurant or banquet room.

1954 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in a white dress and a man in a brown jacket dancing in a formal dining room. — The dancers face each other near tables set with glassware.

1954 New York 8mm frame of a woman in a strapless white dress turning during a dance, with tables and red-backed chairs behind her. — The woman turns mid-dance in front of banquet seating.

End of the 8mm clip shows a blank greenish frame with film grain, dust marks, and darkened edges. — The sequence ends on a blank exposed film frame.

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