Long Island New York-1965: Dancing The Night Away With My Girl And Top Hat

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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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Dancing The Night Away With My Girl And Top Hat — Clip Details

A couple dances joyfully in a cozy wood-paneled basement bar in Long Island, New York, 1965. The woman wears a light green floral dress and the man sports a red, white, and black striped polo with a black top hat. They move together under warm lighting, with a wooden bar, stools, and bottles visible in the background. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the lively, intimate atmosphere of a vintage home movie party.

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: 124981263

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 party, basement bar, or informal dancing material for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The clothing, warm wood-paneled bar, stools, bottles, and 8mm color texture support a mid-1960s domestic party setting in Long Island, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The couple dances closely and laughs toward the camera, giving the clip unstaged value as an intimate record of adult social life at a private gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancing couple, black top hat, striped polo shirt, floral dress, wood-paneled basement bar, bar stools, bottles, and warm interior lighting.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight blur from movement, warm exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, party insert, domestic nightlife cutaway, or transition into a broader sequence on 1960s family and social gatherings.
Historical context: The scene shows adults socializing in a private basement bar, reflecting a domestic leisure setting without identifying a public venue or specific event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1965 Long Island 8mm home movie party, 1960s basement bar dancing, vintage adults dancing indoors, and private home gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Long Island 1965 home interiors, then broader 1960s party, dancing, and basement bar footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1965 Long Island home-movie frame, a woman in a floral dress dances beside a man in a striped shirt near a basement bar. — A dancing couple is partly cropped as they move near the wood-paneled bar.

A smiling couple dances in a Long Island basement bar setting, with bottles and wood paneling visible behind them. — The couple smiles while dancing in front of the basement bar.

The handheld 8mm frame catches the couple mid-dance, cropped close against the warm basement bar interior. — Motion blur and close framing emphasize the couple's movement on the dance floor.

The couple continues dancing in the 1965 Long Island basement bar, with the man's black top hat and striped shirt prominent. — The woman turns toward her partner as they dance beside the wood-paneled bar.

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