Massachusetts USA-1968: Man Eating Meal In Restaurant And Motel Exterior

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationMassachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Eating Meal In Restaurant And Motel Exterior — Clip Details

MASSACHUSETTS USA-1968: A man in a dark suit and white bib sits at a table in a dimly lit restaurant, enjoying a meal. The grainy 8mm film captures the intimate, candid moment with a vintage aesthetic. The scene shifts to show the exterior of a two-story motel with a long balcony and outdoor tables, suggesting a family vacation. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, typical of 1960s home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125008639

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1968 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Massachusetts, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 documentary or educational requests needing late-1960s Massachusetts travel footage with a restaurant meal and modest motel exterior.
Period detail: The clip may show 1960s road-trip lodging, with a two-story motel balcony, outdoor chairs, and a dim restaurant interior consistent with the stated 1968 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, visitor-shot attention to an older man eating and a quick exterior look at where the travelers appear to be staying.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include restaurant tables, a man wearing a bib, seated diners, a two-story motel, white balcony railings, room doors, outdoor chairs, and lawn.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, soft focus, dim interior exposure, slight color shift, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, restaurant cutaway, motel transition, or memory beat within a family vacation or American roadside sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects ordinary travel and dining settings rather than a public event, making it strongest as social-context material for everyday leisure.
Research note: People, faces, private interiors, and private motel property are visible, so likeness and property questions may require review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1968 Massachusetts 8mm motel exterior, 1960s restaurant meal home movie, or American family travel lodging footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Massachusetts 1968 travel footage, then broader 1960s motel, dining, and road-trip scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Massachusetts home-movie frame of an older man seated in a dim restaurant with a white bib, with tableware nearby. — An older man sits at a restaurant table wearing a white bib in low light.

1968 Massachusetts home-movie frame showing seated diners in a low-lit restaurant, with table items and a window area visible. — Diners sit in a dim restaurant interior, partly obscured by the film frame.

1968 Massachusetts frame of a two-story motel exterior with long white balcony railings, room doors, lawn, and chairs outside rooms. — A two-story motel exterior appears with a long balcony and chairs outside the rooms.

1968 Massachusetts home-movie frame showing a longer view of the motel facade, balcony railings, room fronts, lawn, and trees beyond. — The camera holds on a longer view of the motel facade and its continuous balcony.

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