Long Island New York-1965: Classic Ballroom Dance Couple in Wood-Paneled Bar

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationLong Island, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Long Island New York

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Classic Ballroom Dance Couple in Wood-Paneled Bar — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1965 captures a couple dancing in a cozy, wood-paneled bar in Long Island, New York. The woman wears a vibrant plaid dress with yellow, purple, and green checks, while her partner is in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers. They move together in a classic ballroom style, smiling and enjoying the moment. The warm lighting and grainy film quality evoke a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of mid-century American life.

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: 124981188

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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1965 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: Long Island, 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 1960s home-movie requests needing adult social dancing, private bar interiors, or mid-century leisure footage for documentary and editorial sequences.
Period detail: The plaid dress, short-sleeved shirt, wood paneling, bar shelving, and 8mm color look support a mid-1960s Long Island home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged domestic social moment as an adult couple dances closely and smiles toward one another in a private interior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancing couple, plaid dress, white shirt, dark trousers, wood-paneled bar, shelves of glassware, stools, and warm interior lighting.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that add period texture to the home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, social-life insert, transition into a party scene, or cutaway for mid-century leisure and domestic entertainment.
Historical context: The footage shows adults socializing through partner dancing in a wood-paneled bar-like interior, suggesting informal private entertainment rather than a public venue claim.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may require review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1965 Long Island 8mm home movie ballroom dancing, mid-century couple dancing, private bar interior, and vintage social gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel social interiors, then other 1965 Long Island home movies, and then broader 1960s dancing, parties, or domestic leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Long Island home-movie frame showing cropped adults near a wood-paneled bar interior, including a bright plaid dress and dark trousers. — Cropped opening view of the dancers in a warm wood-paneled interior.

Close 1965 home-movie frame of the dancing couple's clothing, with a plaid dress, white shirt, and dark trousers in a private interior. — Close cropped detail of the dancers' clothing during the dance.

1965 Long Island home-movie frame of an adult couple dancing closely before a wood-paneled bar with shelves, stools, and warm lighting. — The couple dances together in front of the wood-paneled bar area.

1965 Long Island frame showing a smiling adult couple ballroom dancing beside a wood-paneled bar, with glassware and stools in the background. — A smiling couple continues the dance beside the bar shelves and stools.

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